An application of statistical downscaling to estimate surface air temperature in Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages

  Oshima, Naoko ^a   Kato, Hisashi ^a   Kadokura, Shinji ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; East Asia; Japan; Singular value decomposition; Statistical downscaling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DOWNSCALING; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84919912222     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000762     Document Type: Article

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