Statistical evaluation of CMIP5 climate change model simulations for the Ethiopian highlands

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-44

  Jury, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

CMIP5 simulations; Comparison metrics; Ethiopian highlands; Statistical evaluation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE MODELING; CMIP5 SIMULATIONS; COMPARISON METRICS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL EVALUATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84921029684     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3960     Document Type: Article

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