A hierarchical Bayesian approach for the analysis of climate change impact on runoff extremes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 6292-6308

  Najafi, M R ^a   Moradkhani, H ^a  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; Extremes; NARCCAP; Pacific Northwest; Spatial hierarchical Bayesian model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATE MODELS; RUNOFF; WIND;

DOWN-SCALING; EXTREMES; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELING; NARCCAP; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84916908812     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10113     Document Type: Article

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