Improved bias correction techniques for hydrological simulations of climate change

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2421-2442

  Pierce, David W ^a   Cayan, Daniel R ^a,b   Maurer, Edwin P ^c   Abatzoglou, John T ^d   Hegewisch, Katherine C ^d  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Santa Clara University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Bias; Climate change; Hydrometeorology; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Model errors; Models and modeling; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR CORRECTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING BIAS;

EID: 84950124818     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0236.1     Document Type: Article

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