A multivariate multi-site statistical downscaling model for daily maximum and minimum temperatures
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CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 54:129-148 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01106 A multivariate multi-site statistical downscaling model for daily maximum and minimum temperatures D. I. Jeong1,*, A. St-Hilaire2, T. B. M. J. Ouarda2,3, P. Gachon4 1Centre ESCER (Étude et Simulation du Climat à l'Échelle Régionale), UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal), 201 Ave. President-Kennedy, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, Canada 2INRS-ETE, University of Quebec, 490 de la Couronne Street, Quebec, G1K 9A9, Canada 3Water and Environmental Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 54224, Abu Dhabi, UAE 4Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate, Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis (CCCMA) section, Climate Research Division, Environment Canada, 800 de la Gauchetiere West, Office 7810, Montreal, Quebec H5A 1L9, Canada *Email: jeong@sca.uqam.ca ABSTRACT: A multivariate multi-site statistical downscaling model (MMSDM) was developed for simultaneous downscaling of climate variables including daily maximum and minimum temperatures (Tmax and Tmin) for multiple observation sites. The MMSDM employs multivariate multiple linear regression (MMLR) to simulate deterministic series from large-scale reanalysis data and adds spatially correlated random series to the deterministic series of the MMLR to complement the underestimated variance and to reproduce a spatial correlation of Tmax and Tmin from multiple sites and an at-site temporal correlation between Tmax and Tmin. The MMSDM model is called MMLRc. The downscaled results of the MMLRc were compared to those of MMLR without random noise (MMLRn) and MMLR with uncorrelated random noise (MMLRi) over the southern Quebec area of Canada. The MMLRc almost exactly reproduced the cross-site correlation of Tmax and Tmin among multiple observation sites, and it accurately reproduced the at-site temporal correlation between Tmax and Tmin at each observation site. The MMLRi and MMLRc reproduced monthly standard deviations of daily Tmax and Tmin, the 90th percentile of Tmax (Tmax90), the 10th percentile of Tmin (Tmin10), and the frost and thaw cycle (Fr-Th) more accurately than the MMLRn model. However, both MMLRc and MMLRi yielded a larger standard error for the monthly mean of daily Tmax and daily Tmin, frost season length (FSL), and growing season length (GSL). For the Fr-Th and diurnal temperature range, the MMLRc performed better than the MMLRn and MMLRi. We conclude that the MMLRn may serve as an alternative to downscaling deterministic signals of a predictand, consistent with global climate model predictors, and it may serve to project the averaged central tendency of a predictand. The MMLRc, however, is recommended for reproduction of variance, extreme events, and the inter-annual variability of the predictands. KEY WORDS: Linear regression · Multi-site · Multivariate · Spatial and temporal correlations · Statistical downscaling · Mean and extreme temperatures Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Jeong DI, St-Hilaire A, Ouarda TBMJ, Gachon P (2012) A multivariate multi-site statistical downscaling model for daily maximum and minimum temperatures. Clim Res 54:129-148. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01106 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in CR Vol. 54, No. 2. Online publication date: September 12, 2012 Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572 Copyright © 2012 Inter-Research.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.006 | 0.001 |
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