Development of Downscaled Climate Projections: A Case Study of the Red River Basin, South-Central U.S.

Figure 5

Difference fields for mean daily minimum temperature (°C) between historical (1981–2005) and end-of-century (2075–2099) time frames for RCP 8.5. Columns represent the GCMs (CCSM4, MIROC5, and MPI-ESM-LR, from left to right respectively); rows represent downscaling methods, with CDFt on top and EDQM on bottom. Darker shades of red represent higher minimum temperature values. (a) Model: CCSM4, SD: CDFt. (b) Model: MIROC5, SD: CDFt. (c) Model: MPI-ESM-LR, SD: CDFt. (d) Model: CCSM4, SD: EDQM. (e) Model: MIROC5, SD: EDQM. (f) Model: MPI-ESM-LR, SD: EDQM.

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