Review of scenario selection and downscaling methods for the assessment of climate change impacts on hydrology in the United States pacific northwest
- 25 June 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Climatology
- Vol. 27 (12) , 1611-1621
- https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1540
Abstract
This paper reviews methods that have been used to evaluate global climate simulations and to downscale global climate scenarios for the assessment of climate impacts on hydrologic systems in the Pacific Northwest, USA. The approach described has been developed to facilitate integrated assessment research in support of regional resource management. Global climate model scenarios are evaluated and selected based on historic 20th century simulations. A statistical downscaling method is then applied to produce a regional data set. To facilitate the use of climate projections in hydrologic assessment, additional statistical mapping may be applied to generate synthetic station time series. Finally, results are presented from a regional climate model that indicate important differences in the regional climate response from what is captured by global models and statistical downscaling. Copyright © 2007 Royal Meteorological SocietyKeywords
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