An evaluation of statistical models for downscaling precipitation and their ability to capture long‐term trends
Abstract Large‐scale changes in the sea‐level pressure do not necessary reflect changes in the atmospheric moisture budget, and hence may not give a good representation of changes in precipitation as a result of a global warming. Statistical models that use both sea‐level pressure and large‐scale pr...
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crwiley:10.1002/joc.1421 2024-06-02T08:06:29+00:00 An evaluation of statistical models for downscaling precipitation and their ability to capture long‐term trends Benestad, R. E. Hanssen‐Bauer, I. Førland, E. J. 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1421 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjoc.1421 https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.1421 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor International Journal of Climatology volume 27, issue 5, page 649-665 ISSN 0899-8418 1097-0088 journal-article 2006 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1421 2024-05-03T11:10:18Z Abstract Large‐scale changes in the sea‐level pressure do not necessary reflect changes in the atmospheric moisture budget, and hence may not give a good representation of changes in precipitation as a result of a global warming. Statistical models that use both sea‐level pressure and large‐scale precipitation as predictors are evaluated for a number of locations in Fennoscandia. The statistical models in most cases were capable of capturing 60–80% of the year‐to‐year seasonal variations in precipitation, and a correlation analysis over independent data indicated predictive correlation scores in the range 0.2–0.5. A comparison between statistical models based on large‐scale precipitation, sea‐level pressure, and a mixture of these, indicated similar skills in terms of variance and predictive skill of inter‐annual variations. Analyses of their ability to capture recent precipitation trends reveal potential problems regarding reconstructing long‐term changes in the past. One explanation for the statistical models not giving similar past trend values as given by the station observations may be partly because the precipitation trends during the most recent 50 years are not well defined since the interval is not sufficiently long. This is supported by the fact that trend analysis for station observations based on two different data products, and different trend analysis strategies, do not correspond well with each other. An analysis for possible non‐stationarities between large and local spatial scales does not indicate any significant presence of non‐stationarities. Copyright © 2006 Royal Meteorological Society Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Wiley Online Library International Journal of Climatology 27 5 649 665 |
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Abstract Large‐scale changes in the sea‐level pressure do not necessary reflect changes in the atmospheric moisture budget, and hence may not give a good representation of changes in precipitation as a result of a global warming. Statistical models that use both sea‐level pressure and large‐scale precipitation as predictors are evaluated for a number of locations in Fennoscandia. The statistical models in most cases were capable of capturing 60–80% of the year‐to‐year seasonal variations in precipitation, and a correlation analysis over independent data indicated predictive correlation scores in the range 0.2–0.5. A comparison between statistical models based on large‐scale precipitation, sea‐level pressure, and a mixture of these, indicated similar skills in terms of variance and predictive skill of inter‐annual variations. Analyses of their ability to capture recent precipitation trends reveal potential problems regarding reconstructing long‐term changes in the past. One explanation for the statistical models not giving similar past trend values as given by the station observations may be partly because the precipitation trends during the most recent 50 years are not well defined since the interval is not sufficiently long. This is supported by the fact that trend analysis for station observations based on two different data products, and different trend analysis strategies, do not correspond well with each other. An analysis for possible non‐stationarities between large and local spatial scales does not indicate any significant presence of non‐stationarities. Copyright © 2006 Royal Meteorological Society |
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An evaluation of statistical models for downscaling precipitation and their ability to capture long‐term trends |
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An evaluation of statistical models for downscaling precipitation and their ability to capture long‐term trends |
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An evaluation of statistical models for downscaling precipitation and their ability to capture long‐term trends |
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