CLARIS project: Towards climate downscaling in South America

We explore the bias in monthly and seasonal mean precipitation simulated by ensembles of different regional climate models over South America within the context of the EU-FP6 CLARIS project (A Europe-South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies). We briefly described two se...

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Autores principales: Menéndez, C.G., De Castro, M., Sörensson, A., Boulanger, J.-P.
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spelling todo:paper_09412948_v19_n4_p357_Menendez2023-10-03T15:48:59Z CLARIS project: Towards climate downscaling in South America Menéndez, C.G. De Castro, M. Sörensson, A. Boulanger, J.-P. Annual average Climate change assessment Climatic research Down-scaling Impact study Individual models La Plata basin Medium range Multi-model Observational data Reanalysis Regional characteristics Regional climate models Seasonal mean precipitation South America Climate models Computer simulation Weather forecasting Climate change climate change climate modeling conference proceeding downscaling ensemble forecasting error analysis regional climate weather forecasting La Plata Basin We explore the bias in monthly and seasonal mean precipitation simulated by ensembles of different regional climate models over South America within the context of the EU-FP6 CLARIS project (A Europe-South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies). We briefly described two series of coordinated simulations(i) Case studies of anomalous months for south-eastern South America performed with an ensemble of six models, and (ii) A multiyear simulation of the period 1991-2000 performed by four models. The models have been forced with the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting Reanalysis (ERA-40) and are compared to observational data compiled by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU). The ensemble-mean bias can be large when simulating particular extreme periods in La Plata Basin. Our multi-model analysis suggests that even though the ten-year ensemble mean is able to capture the major regional characteristics of seasonal mean precipitation for South America, models individually display considerable precipitation biases especially in tropical areas. The relatively good performance of the multimodel annual average over La Plata Basin results from the cancelation of offsetting errors in the individual models. © Gebrüder Borntraeger, Stuttgart 2010. Fil:Menéndez, C.G. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Sörensson, A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09412948_v19_n4_p357_Menendez
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topic Annual average
Climate change assessment
Climatic research
Down-scaling
Impact study
Individual models
La Plata basin
Medium range
Multi-model
Observational data
Reanalysis
Regional characteristics
Regional climate models
Seasonal mean precipitation
South America
Climate models
Computer simulation
Weather forecasting
Climate change
climate change
climate modeling
conference proceeding
downscaling
ensemble forecasting
error analysis
regional climate
weather forecasting
La Plata Basin
spellingShingle Annual average
Climate change assessment
Climatic research
Down-scaling
Impact study
Individual models
La Plata basin
Medium range
Multi-model
Observational data
Reanalysis
Regional characteristics
Regional climate models
Seasonal mean precipitation
South America
Climate models
Computer simulation
Weather forecasting
Climate change
climate change
climate modeling
conference proceeding
downscaling
ensemble forecasting
error analysis
regional climate
weather forecasting
La Plata Basin
Menéndez, C.G.
De Castro, M.
Sörensson, A.
Boulanger, J.-P.
CLARIS project: Towards climate downscaling in South America
topic_facet Annual average
Climate change assessment
Climatic research
Down-scaling
Impact study
Individual models
La Plata basin
Medium range
Multi-model
Observational data
Reanalysis
Regional characteristics
Regional climate models
Seasonal mean precipitation
South America
Climate models
Computer simulation
Weather forecasting
Climate change
climate change
climate modeling
conference proceeding
downscaling
ensemble forecasting
error analysis
regional climate
weather forecasting
La Plata Basin
description We explore the bias in monthly and seasonal mean precipitation simulated by ensembles of different regional climate models over South America within the context of the EU-FP6 CLARIS project (A Europe-South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and Impact Studies). We briefly described two series of coordinated simulations(i) Case studies of anomalous months for south-eastern South America performed with an ensemble of six models, and (ii) A multiyear simulation of the period 1991-2000 performed by four models. The models have been forced with the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting Reanalysis (ERA-40) and are compared to observational data compiled by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU). The ensemble-mean bias can be large when simulating particular extreme periods in La Plata Basin. Our multi-model analysis suggests that even though the ten-year ensemble mean is able to capture the major regional characteristics of seasonal mean precipitation for South America, models individually display considerable precipitation biases especially in tropical areas. The relatively good performance of the multimodel annual average over La Plata Basin results from the cancelation of offsetting errors in the individual models. © Gebrüder Borntraeger, Stuttgart 2010.
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author Menéndez, C.G.
De Castro, M.
Sörensson, A.
Boulanger, J.-P.
author_facet Menéndez, C.G.
De Castro, M.
Sörensson, A.
Boulanger, J.-P.
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title CLARIS project: Towards climate downscaling in South America
title_short CLARIS project: Towards climate downscaling in South America
title_full CLARIS project: Towards climate downscaling in South America
title_fullStr CLARIS project: Towards climate downscaling in South America
title_full_unstemmed CLARIS project: Towards climate downscaling in South America
title_sort claris project: towards climate downscaling in south america
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