California 3 km LOCA2 Hybrid Downscaling Validation and Verification Plots

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Here you will find a variety of validation and verification plots for the Localized Constructed Analogue (LOCA) project version 2, Hybrid WRF/LOCA downscaling for the CMIP6 models to a 3 km grid over California

Historical Validation Plots:

• Seasonal mean precipitation, Tmin, Tmax, and Diurnal Temperataure Range (DTR) compared to observations
• Mean of seasonal max precipitation, Tmin, Tmax, and Diurnal Temperataure Range (DTR) compared to observations (i.e., every season, such as summer 2010, has a maximum daily value experienced that season. This is the mean of those values across all seasons)
• Annual mean precipitation, Tmin, Tmax, and Diurnal Temperataure Range (DTR) compared to observations
• Seasonal percentiles of precipitation, Tmin, Tmax, and Diurnal Temperataure Range (DTR) compared to observations


• Seasonal average specific humidity (huss) compared to observations
• Seasonal mean daily maximum specific humidity (huss) compared to observations
• Seasonal mean daily minimum specific humidity (huss) compared to observations
• Seasonal percentiles of daily specific humidity (huss) compared to observations


• Seasonal average 10 meter winds (uas, vas) compared to observations
• Seasonal percentiles of 10 meter winds (uas, vas) compared to observations
• Seasonal mean daily maximum 10 meter winds (uas, vas) compared to observations
• Seasonal mean daily minimum 10 meter winds (uas, vas) compared to observations


• Seasonal average 10 meter winds speed compared to observations
• Seasonal percentiles of 10 meter wind speed compared to observations
• Seasonal mean daily maximum 10 meter winds speed compared to observations


• Seasonal average daily RH_min compared to observations
• Seasonal percentiles of daily RH_min compared to observations


• Seasonal average daily RH_max compared to observations
• Seasonal percentiles of daily RH_max compared to observations


• Seasonal average daily downward shortwave (rsds) compared to GOES observations
• Seasonal percentiles of daily downward shortwave (rsds) compared to GOES observations

Future Climate Change Plots:

• The original model-predicted change in P, Tmin, Tmax, and DTR compared to the downscaled change
• The 95th percentile original model-predicted change in P, Tmin, Tmax, and DTR compared to the downscaled change
• The original model-predicted change in specific hummidity (huss) compared to the downscaled change
• The original model-predicted change in surface vector wind (uas and vas) compared to the downscaled change
• The original model-predicted change in surface wind speed compared to the downscaled change