Spatial uncertainty in bias corrected climate change projections and hydrogeological impacts

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 4514-4532

  Seaby, L P ^a,b   Refsgaard, J C ^b   Sonnenborg, T O ^b   Hojberg A L ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Climate change; Hydrological impacts; Spatial bias; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIAS CORRECTION; BIAS-CORRECTION METHODS; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; SPATIAL BIAS; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR CORRECTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84940795859     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10501     Document Type: Article

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