Potential impact of climate change on intensity duration frequency curves of central Alberta

Climatic Change

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 115-129

  Kuo, Chun Chao ^a   Gan, Thian Yew ^a   Gizaw, Mesgana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOODS; STORMS;

BIAS-CORRECTION METHODS; INTENSITY-DURATION-FREQUENCY CURVES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84939951415     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1347-9     Document Type: Article

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