Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2649-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2649-2017
Research article
 | 
06 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 06 Jun 2017

Scaled distribution mapping: a bias correction method that preserves raw climate model projected changes

Matthew B. Switanek, Peter A. Troch, Christopher L. Castro, Armin Leuprecht, Hsin-I Chang, Rajarshi Mukherjee, and Eleonora M. C. Demaria

Viewed

Total article views: 15,228 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
9,679 5,050 499 15,228 411 473
  • HTML: 9,679
  • PDF: 5,050
  • XML: 499
  • Total: 15,228
  • BibTeX: 411
  • EndNote: 473
Views and downloads (calculated since 12 Sep 2016)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 12 Sep 2016)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 15,228 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 14,506 with geography defined and 722 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Saved (final revised paper)

Latest update: 14 Nov 2026
Download
Short summary
The commonly used bias correction method called quantile mapping assumes a constant function of error correction values between modeled and observed distributions. Our article finds that this function cannot be assumed to be constant. We propose a new bias correction method, called scaled distribution mapping, that does not rely on this assumption. Furthermore, the proposed method more explicitly accounts for the frequency of rain days and the likelihood of individual events.
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint