Assessing the limits of bias-correcting climate model outputs for climate change impact studies

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1123-1136

  Chen, Jie ^a   Brissette, François P ^a   Lucas Picher, Philippe ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923644088     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022635     Document Type: Article

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