Table 1 Comparison of observed and simulated precipitation before and after bias-correcting during 1961~2005 over the Tarim and Yangtze River Basin.

From: Study on the characteristics of future precipitation in response to external changes over arid and humid basins

 

Tarim River basin

Yangtze River basin

Bias/mm

RD/%

RMSE/mm

COR

Bias/mm

RD/%

RMSE/mm

COR

Observation and simulation

254.42

259.17

255.21

0.55

219.16

19.61

230.20

0.35

Observation and corrected simulation

−0.02

−0.02

22.89

1.00

−0.11

−0.01

113.00

1.00

  1. Note: RD for the relative deviation, RMSE for the root mean square error, COR for the spatial correlation coefficient.