Spatial and temporal patterns of large-scale droughts in Europe: Model dispersion and performance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 429-434

  Tallaksen, Lena M ^a   Stahl, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Global models; Hydrological drought; Model dispersion; Model performance; Runoff

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DISPERSIONS; DROUGHT; RUNOFF;

EUROPE; GLOBAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; MODEL DISPERSION; MODEL PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; DISPERSION; DROUGHT; MAPPING; PERSISTENCE; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 84892838822     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058573     Document Type: Article

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