Articles | Volume 15, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6747-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6747-2022
Model evaluation paper
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06 Sep 2022
Model evaluation paper |  | 06 Sep 2022

Downscaling multi-model climate projection ensembles with deep learning (DeepESD): contribution to CORDEX EUR-44

Jorge Baño-Medina, Rodrigo Manzanas, Ezequiel Cimadevilla, Jesús Fernández, Jose González-Abad, Antonio S. Cofiño, and José Manuel Gutiérrez

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Deep neural networks are used to produce downscaled regional climate change projections over Europe for temperature and precipitation for the first time. The resulting dataset, DeepESD, is analyzed against state-of-the-art downscaling methodologies, reproducing more accurately the observed climate in the historical period and showing plausible future climate change signals with low computational requirements.
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