08 Jun 2018
| 08 Jun 2018
Bias adjustment for threshold-based climate indicators
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the
Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam,
Germany
Christoph Menz
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the
Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam,
Germany
Arne Spekat
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the
Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam,
Germany
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The adjustment of bias, i.e., systematic errors, of climate models are a necessity when comparing results of an ensemble of these models. Usually, the meteorological parameters such as temperature or rainfall amounts themselves are subject to bias adjustments. We present a new method to apply bias adjustment to so-called climate indicators which are derived from those parameters, e.g., the number of days warmer than 30 °C or the number of days with more than 20 mm of rain.
The adjustment of bias, i.e., systematic errors, of climate models are a necessity when...
