Articles | Volume 25, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3331-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3331-2021
Research article
 | 
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

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed
Status: closed
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement

Peer-review completion

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 Mostafa Tarek on behalf of the Authors (11 Apr 2021)  Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (20 Apr 2021) by Thomas Kjeldsen
AR by Mostafa Tarek on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2021)  Manuscript 
Download
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.