LOCA version 2 (CMIP6) 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, for the CMIP6 models.

Historical Validation Plots:

• Annual mean precipitation (mm/day), Tmin, Tmax, and Diurnal Temperataure Range (DTR) compared to observations
• Annual mean precipitation (%), Tmin, Tmax, and Diurnal Temperataure Range (DTR) compared to observations
• Seasonal mean precipitation, Tmin, Tmax, and Diurnal Temperataure Range (DTR) compared to observations
• Average seasonal maximum values of daily precipitation, Tmin, Tmax, and Diurnal Temperataure Range (DTR) compared to observations


• Percentiles of daily precipitation compared to observations. A wet-day threshold of 0.5 mm/day was used (ORIG).


• Percentiles of daily precipitation compared to observations. A wet-day threshold of 0.5 mm/day was used (NEW).
• Percentiles of daily precipitation compared to observations. A wet-day threshold of 1.0 mm/day was used.
• 20-, 50-, 100-, and 250-year return values of daily precipitation compared to observations.


• Length of wet spells above different threholds compared to observations
• Fraction of wet days compared to observations


• Seasonal mean specific humidity
• Average seasonal maximum values of daily specific humidity
• Average seasonal minimum values of daily specific humidity
• Seasonal average percentiles of daily specific humidity


• Seasonal mean daily minimum relative humidity
• Seasonal mean daily maximum relative humidity

Future Climate Change Plots:

• The original model-predicted change in P, Tmin, Tmax, and DTR compared to the downscaled change
• The original model-predicted chnage in specific humidity compared to the downscaled change