Downscaled climate projections for the Southeast United States: evaluation and use for ecological applications

Wootten, Adrienne; Smith, Kara; Boyles, Ryan; Terando, Adam; Stefanova, Lydia; Misra, Vasru; Smith, T.; Blodgett, D. L.; Semazzi, Fredrick H. M.

doi:10.3133/ofr20141190

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“…This is consistent with other studies which found that guidance on selecting and using climate data is one of the most commonly cited needs from user groups (e.g., Maurer et al 2014). Although existing guidance documents compare different downscaled products (e.g., IPCC 2010; National Climate Assessment 2010; NOAA GFDL 2018; Trzaska and Schnarr 2014;Wilby et al 2004;Wootten et al 2014), these discussions are often not widely circulated among potential users of climate information and do not adequately interpret how non-climate experts could use this information. Interviewees expressed frustration at perceived hesitation from the climate science community to indicate which of the various scenarios, GCMs, or downscaled products might be the most appropriate for particular management questions.…”

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Climate information to support wildlife management in the North Central United States

Yocum

Ray

2019

Reg Environ Change

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This paper investigates what is needed to make climate and weather information more usable for the wildlife management practitioners and ecological researchers in the Prairie Potholes Region (PPR) of the North Central United States. Using interviews, policy document analysis, and participant observation, we identify climate and weather information needs, barriers to use, and opportunities to provide better information to these users. We found that the research and management communities need guidance on how to interpret and apply existing information. Climate information needs in the PPR are driven by the need to understand how projected changes in precipitation will impact prairie wetland ecology. Primary needs include guidance towards selecting, interpreting, and using various climate information products to understand impacts and explanations of the differences between new products and previously available information. Another need includes information on how the societal responses to climate change will further impact ecological systems. Existing management priorities, limited institutional resources, and limited ecological data are remaining barriers that can be ameliorated by leveraging existing policy processes or trusted sources of information to provide guidance, thereby reducing time and costs associated with using climate information in wildlife policy planning. Throughout, we emphasize the importance of the social and ecological aspects of the decision-making context to shape climate information needs, barriers, and entry points. Additional research is needed on the diverse ways that users engage with and use climate information, and additional efforts are needed to co-produce guidance documents that interpret climate information for management and research communities.

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Section: Guidancesupporting

confidence: 87%

Climate information to support wildlife management in the North Central United States

Yocum

Ray

2019

Reg Environ Change

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“…The published datasets may exhibit differences arising from individual GCM bias, the characteristics of the training data, the specific implementation of downscaling algorithms, and data storage and representation issues. To our knowledge only one study, Wootten et al 24 , has compared an ensemble of downscaled datasets that are being distributed to the public. Wootten et al 24 focuses on data downscaled for the Southeastern USA, and is limited to data downscaled from only one GCM.…”

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“…To our knowledge only one study, Wootten et al 24 , has compared an ensemble of downscaled datasets that are being distributed to the public. Wootten et al 24 focuses on data downscaled for the Southeastern USA, and is limited to data downscaled from only one GCM. A similar study is needed for other regions, as well as for other GCMs and downscaling methods.…”

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Inter-comparison of multiple statistically downscaled climate datasets for the Pacific Northwest, USA

Jiang¹,

Kim²,

Still³

et al. 2018

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Statistically downscaled climate data have been widely used to explore possible impacts of climate change in various fields of study. Although many studies have focused on characterizing differences in the downscaling methods, few studies have evaluated actual downscaled datasets being distributed publicly. Spatially focusing on the Pacific Northwest, we compare five statistically downscaled climate datasets distributed publicly in the US: ClimateNA, NASA NEX-DCP30, MACAv2-METDATA, MACAv2-LIVNEH and WorldClim. We compare the downscaled projections of climate change, and the associated observational data used as training data for downscaling. We map and quantify the variability among the datasets and characterize the spatio-temporal patterns of agreement and disagreement among the datasets. Pair-wise comparisons of datasets identify the coast and high-elevation areas as areas of disagreement for temperature. For precipitation, high-elevation areas, rainshadows and the dry, eastern portion of the study area have high dissimilarity among the datasets. By spatially aggregating the variability measures into watersheds, we develop guidance for selecting datasets within the Pacific Northwest climate change impact studies.

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“…• Evaluating the fidelity of downscaled climate data on simulated wheat and maize production in the southeastern U.S. (Cammarano and others, 2013) • Final memorandum-Synthesis of climate model downscaling products for the Southeastern U.S. (Boyles, 2015) • Downscaled climate projections for the Southeast U.S.: Evaluation and use for ecological applications (Wootten and others, 2014) • Fact Sheet: Downscaled climate projections for the Southeast: Evaluation and use for ecological applications (Wootten and Furiness, 2015) Fiscal Year 2013…”

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The Department of the Interior Southeast Climate Science Center synthesis report 2011–15—Projects, products, and science priorities

Minder¹,

Lascurain²,

McMahon³

2016

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Downscaled climate projections for the Southeast United States: evaluation and use for ecological applications

Cited by 7 publications

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Climate information to support wildlife management in the North Central United States

Climate information to support wildlife management in the North Central United States

Inter-comparison of multiple statistically downscaled climate datasets for the Pacific Northwest, USA

The Department of the Interior Southeast Climate Science Center synthesis report 2011–15—Projects, products, and science priorities

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