Stochastic generation of daily precipitation amounts: Review and evaluation of different models

Climate Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-206

  Chen, Jie ^a,b   Brissette, François P ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extreme event; Nonparametric distribution; Parametric distribution; Precipitation; Stochastic weather generator

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COMPLICATED STRUCTURES; COMPOUND DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTREME EVENTS; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION; NONPARAMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC GENERATION; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STOCHASTICITY; WEATHER;

EID: 84900391684     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01214     Document Type: Review

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