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DOI	10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104785
	Regional climate models: 30 years of dynamical downscaling
	Tapiador F.J.; Navarro A.; Moreno R.; Sánchez J.L.; García-Ortega E.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0169-8095
卷号	235
英文摘要	Regional Climate Models (RCMs) emerged 30 years ago as a transient tool to provide detailed estimates of meteorological parameters (temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind, and others) for regional applications. Their dynamic downscaling approach was intended to fill the gap between the global but coarse estimates of Global Climate/Circulation Models (GCMs), which typically had a 2.5° resolution, and practical requirements such as estimating precipitation for hydrologic operations in small basins under conditions of increased greenhouse gas emissions. Over the three decades, RCMs provided data to inform policies and helped to increase knowledge of the present climate and the impacts of global warming at regional level. This paper describes the major achievements of RCMs, critically reviewing the main issues and limitations that have been featured in the literature. It puts forward a controversial claim aimed at starting a debate in the climate community, namely, that the cycle of RCM research has reached an end for informing policies. This is because these models have recently been superseded for that purpose by high-resolution GCMs and Earth System Models (ESM). © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
学科领域	Gas emissions; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Dynamic downscaling; Dynamical downscaling; Earth system model; High resolution; Meteorological parameters; Practical requirements; Regional climate models; Regional levels; Climate models; air temperature; atmospheric circulation; climate modeling; downscaling; global climate; humidity; precipitation (climatology); regional climate; wind
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Gas emissions; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Dynamic downscaling; Dynamical downscaling; Earth system model; High resolution; Meteorological parameters; Practical requirements; Regional climate models; Regional levels; Climate models; air temperature; atmospheric circulation; climate modeling; downscaling; global climate; humidity; precipitation (climatology); regional climate; wind
来源期刊	Atmospheric Research
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/120494
作者单位	Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Earth and Space Sciences Research Group, University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain; Environmental Institute (IMA), Atmospheric Physics Group, University of León, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tapiador F.J.,Navarro A.,Moreno R.,et al. Regional climate models: 30 years of dynamical downscaling[J],2020,235.
APA	Tapiador F.J.,Navarro A.,Moreno R.,Sánchez J.L.,&García-Ortega E..(2020).Regional climate models: 30 years of dynamical downscaling.Atmospheric Research,235.
MLA	Tapiador F.J.,et al."Regional climate models: 30 years of dynamical downscaling".Atmospheric Research 235(2020).