Downscaling socioeconomic and emissions scenarios for global environmental change research: a review

Global change research encompasses various scales from global to local. Impacts analysis in particular often requires spatial downscaling, whereby socioeconomic and emission variables specified at relatively large spatial scales are translated to values at a country or grid level. In this article, t...

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Published in:Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Climate change 2010-05, Vol.1 (3), p.393-404
Main Authors: van Vuuren, Detlef P., Smith, Steve J., Riahi, Keywan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
CLIMATIC CHANGE
EMISSION
Emission analysis
Environmental assessment
Environmental changes
Environmental impact
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GLOBAL ANALYSIS
Reviews
Social factors
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
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Summary:Global change research encompasses various scales from global to local. Impacts analysis in particular often requires spatial downscaling, whereby socioeconomic and emission variables specified at relatively large spatial scales are translated to values at a country or grid level. In this article, the methods used for spatial downscaling are reviewed, classified, and current applications discussed. It is shown that in recent years, improved methods for downscaling have been developed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This article is categorized under: Assessing Impacts of Climate Change > Scale Issues
ISSN:1757-7780
1757-7799
DOI:10.1002/wcc.50