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On using principal components to represent stations in empirical–statistical downscaling Cover

On using principal components to represent stations in empirical–statistical downscaling

Tellus
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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|Dec 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.28326 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 28326 - 28326
Submitted on: Apr 23, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 28, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
empirical–statistical downscaling,
temperature,
principal component analysis

© 2015 Rasmus E. Benestad, Deliang Chen, Abdelkader Mezghani, Lijun Fan, Kajsa Parding, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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