Bridging the gap between climate models and impact studies: the FORESEE Database

Geoscience Data Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Dobor, L ^a   Barcza, Z ^a,b   Hlasny T ^c,d   Havasi, A ^a   Horvath F ^b   Ittzes P ^b   Bartholy, J ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

bias correction; Central and Eastern Europe; climatological database

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962782178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20496060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gdj3.22     Document Type: DP

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