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Evaluation of Empirical Statistical Downscaling Models’ Skill in Predicting Tanzanian Rainfall and Their Application in Providing Future Downscaled Scenarios

Habiba I. Mtongori Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, and Tanzania Meteorological Agency, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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01 May 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0061.1
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Projections of three important seasonal rainfall parameters—total precipitation (), wet-day mean () and wet-day frequency ()—considered to be relevant to crop agriculture were performed. Links between large-scale climate variables and local precipitation in Tanzania were investigated during the March–May (MAM), October–December (OND), and December–April (DJFMA) rainfall seasons. Variables found to have strong links were used to downscale the local precipitation for three future periods; near term, midcentury, and end of century. Downscaling models for , and were calibrated using observed large-scale seasonal rainfall and projected downscaled parameters were obtained based on rainfall simulations from ensembles of GCMs. The models’ skill scores were found to be sensitive to the domain size and number of leading EOFs used. The common EOF method employed in the downscaling modulated the skills depending on the GCMs used. The spread in the rainfall projections was found to be larger in OND and moderate in MAM and DJFMA. The multimodel mean projections in response to two RCPs (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) suggest a shift toward wetter (drier) conditions () for OND (DJFMA) for all three periods. There is no uniform projection for MAM; some stations are projected to feature wetter and some drier conditions. In the midcentury and end of century, there is an increase of precipitation to about 40% for some areas getting OND rainfall and a decrease of precipitation up to about 10% for some areas getting MAM or DJFMA rainfall. Generally, the magnitude of change strongly differs across the areas.

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Corresponding author address: Habiba I. Mtongori, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1022, Blindern 0315 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: h.i.mtongori@geo.uio.no

Abstract

Projections of three important seasonal rainfall parameters—total precipitation (), wet-day mean () and wet-day frequency ()—considered to be relevant to crop agriculture were performed. Links between large-scale climate variables and local precipitation in Tanzania were investigated during the March–May (MAM), October–December (OND), and December–April (DJFMA) rainfall seasons. Variables found to have strong links were used to downscale the local precipitation for three future periods; near term, midcentury, and end of century. Downscaling models for , and were calibrated using observed large-scale seasonal rainfall and projected downscaled parameters were obtained based on rainfall simulations from ensembles of GCMs. The models’ skill scores were found to be sensitive to the domain size and number of leading EOFs used. The common EOF method employed in the downscaling modulated the skills depending on the GCMs used. The spread in the rainfall projections was found to be larger in OND and moderate in MAM and DJFMA. The multimodel mean projections in response to two RCPs (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) suggest a shift toward wetter (drier) conditions () for OND (DJFMA) for all three periods. There is no uniform projection for MAM; some stations are projected to feature wetter and some drier conditions. In the midcentury and end of century, there is an increase of precipitation to about 40% for some areas getting OND rainfall and a decrease of precipitation up to about 10% for some areas getting MAM or DJFMA rainfall. Generally, the magnitude of change strongly differs across the areas.

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Corresponding author address: Habiba I. Mtongori, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1022, Blindern 0315 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: h.i.mtongori@geo.uio.no
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