Comparison of Statistical Downscaling Methods for Monthly Total Precipitation: Case Study for the Paute River Basin in Southern Ecuador

Table 2

Synoptic predictors.

#	Synoptic predictors	ANN/LS-SVM	SDSM
		(All stations)	El Labrado	Gualaceo	Paute	Palmas	Biblián
1	Precipitation
2	Pressure (surface)
3	Relative humidity (surface)
4	Specific humidity 700 hPa
5	Sea level pressure
6	Temperature 2 m
7	Potential temperature 700 hPa
8	Zonal wind (surface)
9	Omega 500 hPa
10	Geopotential height 200 hPa
11	Geopotential height 500 hPa
12	Geopotential height 850 hPa