A transient stochastic weather generator incorporating climate model uncertainty

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-26

  Glenis, Vassilis ^a   Pinamonti, Valentina ^b   Hall, Jim W ^b   Kilsby, Chris G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change factor; Climate change; Precipitation; Uncertainty; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

CHANGE FACTOR; NON-STATIONARY SIMULATIONS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR; UNCERTAINTY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES MODELLING; WEATHER GENERATOR;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84942311510     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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