Articles | Volume 20, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1031-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1031-2016
Research article
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08 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 08 Mar 2016

Sensitivity analysis of runoff modeling to statistical downscaling models in the western Mediterranean

Benjamin Grouillet, Denis Ruelland, Pradeebane Vaittinada Ayar, and Mathieu Vrac

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This original paper provides a guideline to select statistical downscaling methods (SDMs) in climate change impact studies (CCIS) to minimize uncertainty from downscaling. Three SDMs were applied to NCEP reanalysis and 2 GCM data values. We then analyzed the sensitivity of the hydrological model to the various downscaled data via 5 hydrological indicators representing the main features of the hydrograph. Our results enable selection of the appropriate SDMs to be used to build climate scenarios.