Does quantile mapping of simulated precipitation correct for biases in transition probabilities and spell lengths?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1605-1615

  Rajczak, Jan ^a   Kotlarski, Sven ^a,b   Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate models; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Model comparison; Model errors; Model evaluation performance; Model output statistics; Models and modeling; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MARKOV PROCESSES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MARKOV CHAIN; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84960842694     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0162.1     Document Type: Article

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