Utility of daily vs. monthly large-scale climate data: an intercomparison of two statistical downscaling methods

Downscaling of climate model data is essential to local and regional impact analysis. We compare two methods of statistical downscaling to produce continuous, gridded time series of precipitation and surface air temperature at a 1/8-degree (approximately 140 km<sup>2</sup&gt...

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Main Authors: E. P. Maurer, H. G. Hidalgo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-03-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/12/551/2008/hess-12-551-2008.pdf