Articles | Volume 10, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1889-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1889-2017
Methods for assessment of models
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12 May 2017
Methods for assessment of models |  | 12 May 2017

Exploring precipitation pattern scaling methodologies and robustness among CMIP5 models

Ben Kravitz, Cary Lynch, Corinne Hartin, and Ben Bond-Lamberty

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Pattern scaling is a way of approximating regional changes without needing to run a full, complex global climate model. We compare two methods of pattern scaling for precipitation and evaluate which methods is better in particular circumstances. We also decompose precipitation into a CO2 portion and a non-CO2 portion. The methodologies discussed in this paper can help provide precipitation fields for other models for a wide variety of scenarios of future climate change.
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