Evaluation of delta change and bias correction methods for future daily precipitation: Intermodel cross-validation using ENSEMBLES simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2287-2303

  Räty, Olle ^a   Räisänen, Jouni ^a   Ylhäisi, Jussi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Climate change; Climate projection; Daily variability; Delta change; ENSEMBLES; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR CORRECTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84899928353     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2130-8     Document Type: Article

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