Comparison of GCM- and RCM-simulated precipitation following stochastic postprocessing

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11,040-11,053

  Eden, Jonathan M ^a   Widmann, Martin ^a   Maraun, Douglas ^b   Vrac, Mathieu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LINEARITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84938897346     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021732     Document Type: Article

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