Year: 2011
Type: report
Abstract: This report describes the structure and usage of the statistical downscaling portal developed by the Santander Meteorology Group (http://www.meteo.unican.es) with the technical assistance of Predictia (http://www.predicita.es) as part of \nthe activities of the EU-funded ENSEMBLES project (2004-2009, see http://ensembles-eu.metoffice.com). The current operational version (version 2) is a complete reimplementation of the portal, allowing particular adaptations and views for supporting projects and institutions (see \nthe acknowledgements at the end). The three main actions necessary to create a downscaling method (defining the predictors, choosing the local/regional target variable to be downscaled and creating the downscaling method) are described step by step, illustrating the different options \navailable from the portal. Afterwards, the application of the method to downscale GCM climate scenarios is described and some information about validating and interpreting the results is provided. Therefore, this document is intended to be a brief user guide for the downscaling portal \nand requires additional “good practice documents” to learn about the optimum regions and predictors for the statistical downscaling process.
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
Awards: Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world, Climate Local Information in the Mediterranean region: Responding to User Needs, Common Metadata for Climate Modelling Digital Repositories, Quantifying Weather and Climate Impacts on Health in Developing Countries
OpenAlex ID: W972992225