Multivariate-intervariable, spatial, and temporal-bias correction

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 218-237

  Vrac, Mathieu ^a   Friederichs, Petra ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; Precipitation; Statistical techniques; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

BIAS; CORRECTION APPROACHES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HISTORICAL DATA; OBJECTIVE EVALUATION; SHUFFLING TECHNIQUE; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA QUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920271674     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00059.1     Document Type: Article

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