Assessing Model Relevance: Agroclimatic Indices Across Different CORDEX Domains for Enhanced Climate Projections in the Houceima-Tanger-Tétouan Region
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Abstract
Understanding the intricacies of climate behavior is paramount for regions like Houceima-Tanger-Tétouan, where agroclimatic phenomena directly influence socio-economic stability. This study rigorously evaluates the performance of climate models against the ERA5-Land reanalysis data, focusing on two pivotal agroclimatic indices: dry spell and heat wave frequencies. Such indices are integral for regional drought risk management, agricultural planning, and environmental policy formulation.Our approach integrates a dual comparison framework—comparing model outputs against each other (inter-model) and against multiple runs of the same model (intra-model). We also validate the ERA5-Land data against 16 years of in-situ measurements to confirm its aptitude as a benchmark dataset, particularly examining its representation of temperature and precipitation.Findings indicate a strong temperature data correlation with in-situ measurements, affirming the ERA5-Land's reliability for temperature-related indices. However, precipitation data showed considerable variability, necessitating cautious application and potential model adjustments. Among the models, the MOHC-HadGEM2-ES demonstrated notable accuracy in dry spell predictions for selected domains, while the MPI-M-MPI-ESM-MR model stood out for its heat wave frequency projections, especially in the EUR-44 domain.Our results pave the way for selecting the most appropriate models for regional climate projections. They also highlight the necessity of model calibration, especially for precipitation indices, to ensure the precision of climate-related predictions. The study contributes to the field by providing a clear pathway for the utilization of tailored climate models in developing robust adaptive strategies to climate variability in the Houceima-Tanger-Tétouan region.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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