Dynamic coupling of support vector machine and K-nearest neighbour for downscaling daily rainfall

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 525, Issue , 2015, Pages 286-301

  Devak, Manjula ^a   Dhanya, C T ^a   Gosain, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change impact; Ensemble approach; Statistical downscaling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COUPLINGS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENSEMBLE APPROACHES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; K NEAREST NEIGHBOURS (K-NN); STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LINEAR PROGRAMING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

EID: 84926465577     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.051     Document Type: Article

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