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Hibino, K., and I. Takayabu, 2016: A trade-off relation between temporal and spatial averaging scales on future precipitation assessment. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 94A, 121-134.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2015-056   Graphical Abstract with highlights

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• The present study showed the dependence of the detectability of the precipitation change signal toward the end of the 21st century on the temporal and spatial averaging scales and proposed a trade-off relation between them (Fig. 5).
• The characteristics of the trade-off relation are found to differ qualitatively depending on latitude: the tropics, the mid-latitudes, and the subpolar regions (Fig. 6).
• The result of the trade-off relation is closely related to the precipitation power spectrum representing spatio-temporal scales of precipitation-related meteorological phenomena, e.g., baroclinic waves.
• The trade-off relation is obtained quantitatively and provides useful information for climate change impact assessments using various temporal and spatial scales or resolutions.