Evaluation of a Multivariate Statistical Downscaling Method over Canada's Largest Pacific Basin
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Abstract
In this study, we evaluate the performance of the N-dimensional Multivariate Bias Correction (MBCn) statistical downscaling method over the Fraser River Basin in British Columbia, Canada. Modelling climatic and hydrologic processes in this key watershed in western Canada requires an expanded suite of variables beyond precipitation and temperature. Here, we assess how well MBCn downscaled simulations replicate univariate and multivariate properties of nine climatic variables in this basin, and whether MBCn provides added value over a univariate downscaling method (Quantile Delta Mapping; QDM) applied to the same variables. Data for the analysis include daily values from the Canadian Surface Reanalysis (CaSR) and two realizations of the Canadian Earth System Model Version 5 (CanESM5). Multivariate downscaling to 10×10 km resolution is applied with MBCn using two approaches: first, using aggregated CaSR as input in a perfect model framework; second, using each CanESM5 realization subjected to two calibration strategies, yielding four distinct downscaled simulations that help reveal the role of internal variability. Results comparing each downscaling approach to CaSR during 1980–2018 indicate that MBCn reproduces the spatial and temporal properties of most univariate and multivariate indices considered, although there is greater disagreement between the MBCn-downscaled results and the target data in mountainous areas of the basin. Pairwise correlation analyses from the CanEM5 simulations reveal that MBCn is able to preserve the interdependencies among the nine climate variables in the target data that are not captured using the univariate QDM downscaling method. Similar added value is also found from MBCn in the representation of multivariate derived indices calculated from combinations of the nine climate variables in the basin. Overall, using MBCn to downscale interdependent variables in regions such as the Fraser River Basin offers potential improvements for applications that depend on multivariate inputs.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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