Articles | Volume 9, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-281-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-281-2017
Review article
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15 May 2017
Review article |  | 15 May 2017

An open-access CMIP5 pattern library for temperature and precipitation: description and methodology

Cary Lynch, Corinne Hartin, Ben Bond-Lamberty, and Ben Kravitz

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Pattern scaling climate model output is a computationally efficient way to produce a large amount of data for purposes of uncertainty quantification. Using a multi-model ensemble we explore pattern scaling methodologies across two future forcing scenarios. We find that the simple least squares approach to pattern scaling produces a close approximation of actual model output, and we use this as a justification for the creation of an open-access pattern library at multiple time increments.