8 Stochastic weather generators đ§
Learning objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
- Understand the principles of stochastic weather generation
- Apply statistical models for synthetic weather data
- Use weather generators for downscaling climate model output
- Evaluate the performance of weather generation models
8.1 Essential concepts
- Hidden Markov models for weather state modeling
- Multi-site and multi-variable generation
- Statistical downscaling applications
- Synthetic data validation and evaluation
- Integration with physical models