Ensemble Precipitation Estimation Using a Fuzzy Rule-Based Model

In this study, a Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy rule-based (FRB) model is used for ensembling precipitation time series. The TS FRB model takes precipitation predictions of grid-based regional climate models (RCMs) from the EUR11 domain, available from the CORDEX database, as inputs to generate ensembled precipitation time series for two meteorological stations (MSs) in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. For each MS, RCM data that are available at the closest grid to the corresponding MSs are used. To generate the fuzzy rules of the TS FRB model, the subtractive clustering algorithm (SC) is utilized. Together with the TS FRB, the simple ensemble mean approach is also applied, and the performances of these two model results and individual RCM predictions are compared. The results show that ensembled models outperform individual RCMs, for monthly precipitation, for both MSs. On the other hand, although ensemble models capture the general trend in the observations, they underestimate the peak precipitation events.

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