Multivariate quantile mapping bias correction: an N-dimensional probability density function transform for climate model simulations of multiple variables

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2018, Pages 31-49

  Cannon, Alex J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Climate model; Fire weather; Model output statistics; Multivariate; Post processing; Precipitation; Quantile mapping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TRANSFORM;

EID: 85016180174     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-017-3580-6     Document Type: Article

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