Linear versus nonlinear techniques in downscaling

Climate Research

Andreas Weichert¹  Gerd Bürger¹ 

关键词: Downscaling;    Neural nets;    Linear;    Nonlinear;   

DOI  :  10.3354/cr010083

来源: Inter-Research Science Publishing

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT: Standard linear and nonlinear downscaling models are compared using identical atmospheric circulation forcing fields. The target variables chosen were observed daily values of average temperature (TAV), precipitation (PRC), and vapor pressure(HPR) at a Central European station. Being without much sophistication, both models show acceptable performance on this time scale only for TAV and HPR; PRC, which behaves in a predominantly nonlinear fashion, handled very poorly. By considerably refiningthe evaluation it is nevertheless possible to distinguish significant differences between the 2 models and, with the nonlinear model, to describe specific rainfall conditions. We argue that this difference is caused by the limitations of the linearapproach, and discuss how this might affect the downscaling of nonlinear quantities in general.

【 授权许可】

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