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- Title
Climate model bias correction for nonstationary conditions.
- Authors
Madani, Mohammad; Chilkoti, Vinod; Bolisetti, Tirupati; Seth, Rajesh
- Abstract
In most of the climate change impact assessment studies, climate model bias is considered to be stationary between the control and scenario periods. Few methods are found in the literature that addresses the issue of nonstationarity in correcting the bias. To overcome the shortcomings reported in these approaches, three new methods of bias correction (NBC_μ, NBC_σ, and NBC_bs) are presented. The methods are improvised versions of previous techniques relying on distribution mapping. The methods are tested using split sample approach over 50-year historical period for nine climate stations in Ontario, using six regional climate models. The average bias reduction improvement by new methods, in mean daily and monthly precipitation, was found to be 73.9%, 74.3%, and 77.4%, respectively, higher than that obtained by the previous methods (eQM 67.7% and CNCDFm_NP 64.1%). Thus, the methods are found to be more effective in accounting for nonstationarity in the model bias.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; ATMOSPHERIC models; CLIMATE change
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2020, Vol 47, Issue 3, p326
- ISSN
0315-1468
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjce-2018-0692