How well do general circulation models represent low-frequency rainfall variability?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2108-2123

  Rocheta, Eytan ^a   Sugiyanto, Michael ^a   Johnson, Fiona ^a   Evans, Jason ^a   Sharma, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

bias correction; GCM; low frequency variability; persistence; precipitation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOOD CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WATER MANAGEMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; BIAS CORRECTION; GCM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; PERFORMANCE METRICES; PERSISTENCE; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

EID: 84895777332     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012WR013085     Document Type: Article

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