Articles | Volume 15, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7353-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7353-2022
Development and technical paper
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05 Oct 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 05 Oct 2022

Repeatable high-resolution statistical downscaling through deep learning

Dánnell Quesada-Chacón, Klemens Barfus, and Christian Bernhofer

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We improved the performance of past perfect prognosis statistical downscaling methods while achieving full model repeatability with GPU-calculated deep learning models using the TensorFlow, climate4R, and VALUE frameworks. We employed the ERA5 reanalysis as predictors and ReKIS (eastern Ore Mountains, Germany, 1 km resolution) as precipitation predictand, while incorporating modern deep learning architectures. The achieved repeatability is key to accomplish further milestones with deep learning.
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