RegCM4: model description and preliminary tests over multiple CORDEX domains

被引：1096

作者：

Giorgi, F. ^{[1
]}

Coppola, E. ^{[1
]}

Solmon, F. ^{[1
]}

Mariotti, L. ^{[1
]}

Sylla, M. B. ^{[1
]}

Bi, X. ^{[1
]}

Elguindi, N. ^{[1
]}

Diro, G. T. ^{[1
]}

Nair, V. ^{[1
]}

Giuliani, G. ^{[1
]}

Turuncoglu, U. U. ^{[1
]}

Cozzini, S. ^{[2
]}

Guettler, I. ^{[3
]}

O'Brien, T. A. ^{[4
]}

Tawfik, A. B. ^{[5
]}

Shalaby, A. ^{[6
]}

Zakey, A. S. ^{[7
]}

Steiner, A. L. ^{[5
]}

Stordal, F. ^{[8
]}

Sloan, L. C. ^{[4
]}

Brankovic, C. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Abdus Salaam Int Ctr Theoret Phys, Earth Syst Phys Sect, I-34151 Trieste, Italy

[2] CNR, I-34100 Trieste, Italy

[3] Croatian Meteorol Serv, Zagreb, Croatia

[4] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

[5] Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[6] Cairo Univ, Cairo, Egypt

[7] Danish Meteorol Inst, Copenhagen, Denmark

[8] Univ Oslo, Oslo, Norway

来源：

CLIMATE RESEARCH | 2012年 / 52卷 / 01期

关键词：

RegCM4; Regional climate model; CORDEX; Model validation; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; WESTERN UNITED-STATES; EAST-ASIA; CUMULUS CONVECTION; RADIATIVE-TRANSFER; BOUNDARY-LAYERS; SURFACE CLIMATE; PART II; SIMULATION;

D O I：

10.3354/cr01018

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

A new version of the RegCM regional climate modeling system, RegCM4, has been recently developed and made available for public use. Compared to previous versions, RegCM4 includes new land surface, planetary boundary layer, and air-sea flux schemes, a mixed convection and tropical band configuration, modifications to the pre-existing radiative transfer and boundary layer schemes, and a full upgrade of the model code towards improved flexibility, portability, and user friendliness. The model can be interactively coupled to a 1D lake model, a simplified aerosol scheme (including organic carbon, black carbon, SO4, dust, and sea spray), and a gas phase chemistry module (CBM-Z). After a general description of the model, a series of test experiments are presented over 4 domains prescribed under the CORDEX framework (Africa, South America, East Asia, and Europe) to provide illustrative examples of the model behavior and sensitivities under different climatic regimes. These experiments indicate that, overall, RegCM4 shows an improved performance in several respects compared to previous versions, although further testing by the user community is needed to fully explore its sensitivities and range of applications.

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