Guidelines For Use Of Climate Scenarios Developed From Statistical Downscaling Methods.

Abstract

Many climate impact applications require the equivalent of point climate observations and are highly sensitive to fine-scale climate variations that are parameterised in coarse-scale models. This is especially true for regions of complex topography, coastal or island locations, and in regions of highly heterogeneous land-cover. This guidance documents reviews statistical methods of estimating point climate from coarse scale climate projections.