@article{1e05d321a7864721aa6364e6e1d92e61,
title = "The influence of dependence in characterizing multi-variable uncertainty for climate change impact assessments",
abstract = "Few approaches exist that explicitly use the uncertainty associated with the spread of climate model simulations in assessing climate change impacts. An approach that does so is second-order approximation (SOA). This incorporates quantification of uncertainty to ascertain its impact on the derived response using a Taylor series expansion of the model. This study uses SOA in a statistical downscaling model of monthly streamflow, with a focus on the influence of dependence in the uncertainty of multiple atmospheric variables. Uncertainty is quantified using the square root error variance concept with a new extension that allows the inter-dependence terms among the atmospheric variable uncertainty to be specified. Applying the model to selected point locations in Australia, it is noted that the downscaling results differ considerably from downscaling that ignores uncertainty. However, when the effects of dependence in uncertainty are incorporated, the results differ according to the regional variations in dependence structure.",
keywords = "Taylor series, climate variable uncertainty dependence, statistical downscaling, uncertainty",
author = "Sajjad Eghdamirad and Fiona Johnson and Ashish Sharma and Kim, {Joong Hoon}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by a grant from National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (No. 2016R1A2A1A05005306). We acknowledge the World Climate Research Programme{\textquoteright}s Working Group on Coupled Modelling, which is responsible for the CMIP, and we would like to thank the climate modelling groups for producing and making available their model output. For the CMIP, the US Department of Energy{\textquoteright}s Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison provided coordinating support and led development of software infrastructure in partnership with the Global Organization for Earth System Science Portals. NCEP re-analysis data were provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division Boulder, Colorado, USA (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded). Hydrological data were provided by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (http://www.bom.gov.au/water/hrs/feature.shtml). Funding Information: This work was supported by a grant from National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (No. 2016R1A2A1A05005306). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 IAHS.",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1080/02626667.2019.1602777",
language = "English",
volume = "64",
pages = "731--738",
journal = "Hydrological Sciences Journal",
issn = "0262-6667",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "6",
}
