Uncertainty of gridded precipitation and temperature reference datasets in climate change impact studies

Tarek, Mostafa; Brissette, François; Arsenault, Richard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3331-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3331-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3331-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 6

Research article

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16 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 16 Jun 2021

Uncertainty of gridded precipitation and temperature reference datasets in climate change impact studies

Mostafa Tarek, François Brissette, and Richard Arsenault

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Final revised paper (published on 16 Jun 2021)
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SC1: 'Interesting study but more details are needed', Yves Tramblay, 28 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on SC1', Mostafa Tarek, 21 Jan 2021
RC1: 'Review of "Uncertainty of gridded precipitation and temperature reference datasets in climate change impact studies" by Tarek et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Mostafa Tarek, 21 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Review of manuscript by Tarek et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Dec 2020
- AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Mostafa Tarek, 21 Jan 2021

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (26 Jan 2021) by Thomas Kjeldsen

AR by Sarah Buchmann on behalf of the Authors (13 Apr 2021) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (20 Apr 2021) by Thomas Kjeldsen

Short summary

It is not known how much uncertainty the choice of a reference data set may bring to impact studies. This study compares precipitation and temperature data sets to evaluate the uncertainty contribution to the results of climate change studies. Results show that all data sets provide good streamflow simulations over the reference period. The reference data sets also provided uncertainty that was equal to or larger than that related to general circulation models over most of the catchments.