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Comment on 'Bias Correction, Quantile Mapping, and Downscaling: Revisiting the Inflation Issue'.
- Source :
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Journal of Climate . Feb2014, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p1819-1820. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- In a recent paper, Maraun describes the adverse effects of quantile mapping on downscaling. He argues that when large-scale GCM variables are rescaled directly to small-scale fields or even station data, genuine small-scale covariability is lost and replaced by uniform variability inherited from the larger scales. This leads to a misrepresentation mainly of areal means and long-term trends. This comment acknowledges the former point, although the argument is relatively old, but disagrees with the latter, showing that grid-size long-term trends can be different from local trends. Finally, because it is partly incorrectly addressed, some clarification is added regarding the inflation issue, stressing that neither randomization nor inflation is free of unverified assumptions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08948755
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Climate
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94358302
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00184.1