Refinement of the daily precipitation simulated by the CMIP5 models over the north of the Northeast of Brazil

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  da Silva, Gyrlene A M ^a   Mendes, David ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; CMIP5 models; Intertropical convergence zone; Multiple linear regression; Precipitation; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020502597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2015.00029     Document Type: Article

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