Multi-model ensemble approach for statistically downscaling general circulation model outputs to precipitation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 681, 2014, Pages 1161-1178

  Sachindra, D A ^a   Huang, F ^a   Barton, A F ^a,b   Perera, B J C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

General Circulation Models; Multi model ensemble; Precipitation; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84902248027     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2205     Document Type: Article

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