A three-quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated European river runoff to force ocean models
<p>In ocean or Earth system model applications, the riverine freshwater inflow is an important flux affecting salinity and marine stratification in coastal areas. However, in climate change studies, the river runoff based on climate model output often has large biases on local, regional, or ev...
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| author | S. Hagemann T. T. Nguyen H. T. M. Ho-Hagemann |
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| description | <p>In ocean or Earth system model applications, the riverine freshwater inflow is an important flux affecting salinity and marine stratification in coastal areas. However, in climate change studies, the river runoff based on climate model output often has large biases on local, regional, or even basin-wide scales. If these biases are too large, the ocean model forced by the runoff will drift into a different climate state compared to the observed state, which is particularly relevant for semi-enclosed seas such as the Baltic Sea. To achieve low biases in riverine freshwater inflow in large-scale climate applications, a bias correction is required that can be applied in periods where runoff observations are not available and that allows spatial transferability of its correction factors. In order to meet these requirements, we have developed a three-quantile bias correction that includes different correction factors for low-, medium-, and high-percentile ranges of river runoff over Europe. Here, we present an experimental setup using the Hydrological Discharge (HD) model and its high-resolution (<span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">12</mn><mi mathvariant="italic">°</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="31pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="b019d2e1b03d6db5fd8beb90b112b10a"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="os-20-1457-2024-ie00001.svg" width="31pt" height="14pt" src="os-20-1457-2024-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>) grid. First, bias correction factors are derived at the locations of the downstream stations with available daily discharge observations for many European rivers. These factors are then transferred to the respective river mouths and mapped to neighbouring grid boxes belonging to ungauged catchments. The results show that the bias correction generally leads to an improved representation of river runoff. Especially over northern Europe, where many rivers are regulated, the three-quantile bias correction provides an advantage compared to a bias correction that only corrects the mean bias of the river runoff. Evaluating two NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) model simulations in the German Bight indicated that the use of the bias-corrected discharges as forcing leads to an improved simulation of sea surface salinity in coastal areas. Although the bias correction is tailored to the high-resolution HD model grid over Europe in the present study, the methodology is suitable for any high-resolution model region with a sufficiently high coverage of river runoff observations. It is also noted that the methodology is applicable to river runoff based on climate hindcasts, as well as on historical climate simulations where the sequence of weather events does not match the actual observed history. Therefore, it may also be applied in climate change simulations.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4828756d24d74f2299e059043ef6a91a2024-11-12T12:33:29ZengCopernicus PublicationsOcean Science1812-07841812-07922024-11-01201457147810.5194/os-20-1457-2024A three-quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated European river runoff to force ocean modelsS. Hagemann0T. T. Nguyen1H. T. M. Ho-Hagemann2Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, GermanyInstitute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, GermanyInstitute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany<p>In ocean or Earth system model applications, the riverine freshwater inflow is an important flux affecting salinity and marine stratification in coastal areas. However, in climate change studies, the river runoff based on climate model output often has large biases on local, regional, or even basin-wide scales. If these biases are too large, the ocean model forced by the runoff will drift into a different climate state compared to the observed state, which is particularly relevant for semi-enclosed seas such as the Baltic Sea. To achieve low biases in riverine freshwater inflow in large-scale climate applications, a bias correction is required that can be applied in periods where runoff observations are not available and that allows spatial transferability of its correction factors. In order to meet these requirements, we have developed a three-quantile bias correction that includes different correction factors for low-, medium-, and high-percentile ranges of river runoff over Europe. Here, we present an experimental setup using the Hydrological Discharge (HD) model and its high-resolution (<span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">12</mn><mi mathvariant="italic">°</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="31pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="b019d2e1b03d6db5fd8beb90b112b10a"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="os-20-1457-2024-ie00001.svg" width="31pt" height="14pt" src="os-20-1457-2024-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>) grid. First, bias correction factors are derived at the locations of the downstream stations with available daily discharge observations for many European rivers. These factors are then transferred to the respective river mouths and mapped to neighbouring grid boxes belonging to ungauged catchments. The results show that the bias correction generally leads to an improved representation of river runoff. Especially over northern Europe, where many rivers are regulated, the three-quantile bias correction provides an advantage compared to a bias correction that only corrects the mean bias of the river runoff. Evaluating two NEMO (Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean) model simulations in the German Bight indicated that the use of the bias-corrected discharges as forcing leads to an improved simulation of sea surface salinity in coastal areas. Although the bias correction is tailored to the high-resolution HD model grid over Europe in the present study, the methodology is suitable for any high-resolution model region with a sufficiently high coverage of river runoff observations. It is also noted that the methodology is applicable to river runoff based on climate hindcasts, as well as on historical climate simulations where the sequence of weather events does not match the actual observed history. Therefore, it may also be applied in climate change simulations.</p>https://os.copernicus.org/articles/20/1457/2024/os-20-1457-2024.pdf |
| spellingShingle | S. Hagemann T. T. Nguyen H. T. M. Ho-Hagemann A three-quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated European river runoff to force ocean models Ocean Science |
| title | A three-quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated European river runoff to force ocean models |
| title_full | A three-quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated European river runoff to force ocean models |
| title_fullStr | A three-quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated European river runoff to force ocean models |
| title_full_unstemmed | A three-quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated European river runoff to force ocean models |
| title_short | A three-quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated European river runoff to force ocean models |
| title_sort | three quantile bias correction with spatial transfer for the correction of simulated european river runoff to force ocean models |
| url | https://os.copernicus.org/articles/20/1457/2024/os-20-1457-2024.pdf |
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