Downscaling future climate scenarios to fine scales for hydrologic and ecological modeling and analysis

Ecological Processes

Table 1 Means and standard deviations

Climate parameters	Measured		PRISM 4-km cells (Daly et al. 1994)		PRISM cells downscaled to 270 km		Number of stations
	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation
Precipitation (mm/month)	38.1	23.8	35.8	22.4	35.7	22.2	195
Minimum air temperature (°C)	8.2	3.5	8.8	3.7	8.8	3.6	183
Maximum air temperature (°C)	23.2	3.5	23.5	3.7	23.5	3.6	185

Means and standard deviations of measured climate parameters (from the National Weather Service and California Irrigation and Management Information System) and PRISM parameters for 4-km cells and cells downscaled to 270 m for cells occupied by climate stations.