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On downscaling probabilities for heavy 24-hour precipitation events at seasonal-to-decadal scales

Tellus
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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|Dec 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.25954 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 25954 - 25954
Submitted on: Sep 8, 2014
Accepted on: Feb 26, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Precipitation,
wet-day mean,
wet-day frequency,
seasonal-to-decadal forecast,
validation,
statistical downscaling

© 2015 Rasmus E. Benestad, Abdelkader Mezghani, published by Stockholm University Press
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