Analysis of precipitation based on ensembles of regional climate model simulations and observational databases over Ethiopia for the period 1989-2008

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 948-971

  Reda, Daniel T ^a   Engida, Agizew N ^a   Asfaw, Dereje H ^a   Hamdi, Rafiq ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CORDEX; Precipitation; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WEATHER FORECASTING;

CORDEX; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; HOMOGENEOUS PRECIPITATION; INTERPOLATION TECHNIQUES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; ROTATED PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84928557759     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4029     Document Type: Article

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