Bias correcting precipitation forecasts to improve the skill of seasonal streamflow forecasts

Crochemore, Louise; Ramos, Maria-Helena; Pappenberger, Florian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3601-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3601-2016

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Sub-seasonal to seasonal hydrological forecasting

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3601-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 9

Research article

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06 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 06 Sep 2016

Bias correcting precipitation forecasts to improve the skill of seasonal streamflow forecasts

Louise Crochemore, Maria-Helena Ramos, and Florian Pappenberger

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Interesting manuscript. I have an issue concerning PET.', Massimiliano Zappa, 23 Mar 2016
RC2: 'Correct attachment', Massimiliano Zappa, 23 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Dr. Zappa's comments', Louise Crochemore, 18 Apr 2016
RC3: 'Review of the manuscript, HESSD 2016, Bias correcting precipitation forecasts to improve the skill of seasonal streamflow forecasts, by Louise Crochemore, Maria-Helena Ramos, Florian Pappenberger', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Mar 2016
- AC3: 'Response to the comments of Reviewer #2', Louise Crochemore, 09 May 2016
RC4: 'review of "Bias correcting precipitation forecasts to improve the skill of seasonal streamflow forecasts"', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Response to the comments of Reviewer #3', Louise Crochemore, 09 May 2016
EC1: 'The authors are invited to publish their response to the referees' comments', Ilias Pechlivanidis, 06 Apr 2016

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 May 2016) by Ilias Pechlivanidis

AR by Louise Crochemore on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Jun 2016) by Ilias Pechlivanidis

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 Jul 2016)

RR by Massimiliano Zappa (18 Jul 2016)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Jul 2016) by Ilias Pechlivanidis

AR by Louise Crochemore on behalf of the Authors (29 Jul 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Aug 2016) by Ilias Pechlivanidis

AR by Louise Crochemore on behalf of the Authors (15 Aug 2016)

Short summary

This study investigates the way bias correcting precipitation forecasts can improve the skill of streamflow forecasts at extended lead times. Eight variants of bias correction approaches based on the linear scaling and the distribution mapping methods are applied to the precipitation forecasts prior to generating the streamflow forecasts. One of the main results of the study is that distribution mapping of daily values is successful in improving forecast reliability.