Impacts of climate change on temperature, precipitation and hydrology in Finland – studies using bias corrected Regional Climate Model data

Olsson, T.; Jakkila, J.; Veijalainen, N.; Backman, L.; Kaurola, J.; Vehviläinen, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3217-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3217-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3217-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

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24 Jul 2015

Research article |

| 24 Jul 2015

Impacts of climate change on temperature, precipitation and hydrology in Finland – studies using bias corrected Regional Climate Model data

T. Olsson, J. Jakkila, N. Veijalainen, L. Backman, J. Kaurola, and B. Vehviläinen

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RC C908: 'Review 'Impacts of climate change on temperature, precipitation, and hydrology in Finland' by Olsson et al.', Christel Prudhomme, 08 Apr 2015
RC C1362: 'Review of "Impacts of climate change on temperature, precipitation and hydrology in Finland – studies using bias corrected Regional Climate Model data" by Olsson et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 May 2015
AC C1947: 'Final response to referee comments', Noora Veijalainen, 05 Jun 2015
EC C2039: 'Editor comment: Impacts of climate change on temperature, precipitation and hydrology in Finland – Studies using bias corrected Regional Climate Model data', Efrat Morin, 10 Jun 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 Jun 2015) by Efrat Morin

AR by Noora Veijalainen on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2015)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Jun 2015) by Efrat Morin

RR by J. Olsson (18 Jun 2015)

ED: Publish as is (23 Jun 2015) by Efrat Morin

AR by Noora Veijalainen on behalf of the Authors (24 Jun 2015)

Short summary

With most scenarios the DBS method used preserves the temperature and precipitation trends of the uncorrected RCM data and produces more realistic projections for mean annual and seasonal changes in discharges than the uncorrected RCM data in Finland. However, if the biases in the mean or the standard deviation of the uncorrected temperatures are large, significant biases after DBS adjustment may remain or temperature trends may change, increasing the uncertainty of climate change projections.