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- description: Average Summer (Jul-Sep) Temperature (2045-2060) simulated by RegCM3 with ECHAM5 projections as boundary conditions.
Units are degrees Celsius. These data were generated by the regional climate model RegCM3 with boundary conditions from a
GCM future climate projections. The data were downscaled statistically by calculating differences (anomalies) between the
RegCM3 results with GCM-driven boundary conditions for 1968-99 and those for a future period, in this case 2015-2030. The
anomalies were added (temperatures) or multiplied (precipitation) to a climate baseline from PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions
on Indepenent Slopes Model - prism.oregonstate.edu) data based on historical observations. The PRISM baseline was calculated
as average monthly climate conditions for 1968-1999 reprojected the results to the BLM Albers 4km grid. PRISM data are provided
in a 2.5 arc-minute lat-lon grid. RegCM3 is the third generation of the Regional Climate Model originally developed at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Details on current model components and applications
of the model can be found in numerous publications (e.g., Giorgi et al, 2004a,b, Pal et al, 2007), the ICTP RegCNET web site
(http://users.ictp.it/RegCNET/model.html), and the ICTP RegCM publications web site (http://users.ictp.it/~pubregcm/RegCM3/pubs.htm).
The Western North America domain has a horizontal grid spacing of 15 km and 18 vertical levels. RegCM3 requires time-dependent
lateral (wind, temperature, and humidity) and surface [surface pressure and sea surface temperature (SST)] boundary conditions
that are updated every 6 hours of simulation. Lateral boundary conditions are derived from General Circulation Model (GCM)
output or observations (e.g. NCEP). Additional information can be found at: http://regclim.coas.oregonstate.edu/. Global simulations
from the Max Planck Institute (Germany) climate model ECHAM5 were part of a suite of model results used in the 4th Climate
Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP4) and the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change 4th Assessment Report. Details and
documentation of the model can be found on the CMIP website: http://wwwpcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/model_documentation/ipcc_model_documentation.php.;
abstract: Average Summer (Jul-Sep) Temperature (2045-2060) simulated by RegCM3 with ECHAM5 projections as boundary conditions.
Units are degrees Celsius. These data were generated by the regional climate model RegCM3 with boundary conditions from a
GCM future climate projections. The data were downscaled statistically by calculating differences (anomalies) between the
RegCM3 results with GCM-driven boundary conditions for 1968-99 and those for a future period, in this case 2015-2030. The
anomalies were added (temperatures) or multiplied (precipitation) to a climate baseline from PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions
on Indepenent Slopes Model - prism.oregonstate.edu) data based on historical observations. The PRISM baseline was calculated
as average monthly climate conditions for 1968-1999 reprojected the results to the BLM Albers 4km grid. PRISM data are provided
in a 2.5 arc-minute lat-lon grid. RegCM3 is the third generation of the Regional Climate Model originally developed at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Details on current model components and applications
of the model can be found in numerous publications (e.g., Giorgi et al, 2004a,b, Pal et al, 2007), the ICTP RegCNET web site
(http://users.ictp.it/RegCNET/model.html), and the ICTP RegCM publications web site (http://users.ictp.it/~pubregcm/RegCM3/pubs.htm).
The Western North America domain has a horizontal grid spacing of 15 km and 18 vertical levels. RegCM3 requires time-dependent
lateral (wind, temperature, and humidity) and surface [surface pressure and sea surface temperature (SST)] boundary conditions
that are updated every 6 hours of simulation. Lateral boundary conditions are derived from General Circulation Model (GCM)
output or observations (e.g. NCEP). Additional information can be found at: http://regclim.coas.oregonstate.edu/. Global simulations
from the Max Planck Institute (Germany) climate model ECHAM5 were part of a suite of model results used in the 4th Climate
Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP4) and the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change 4th Assessment Report. Details and
documentation of the model can be found on the CMIP website: http://wwwpcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/model_documentation/ipcc_model_documentation.php.
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- Title BLM REA COP 2010 Average Summer (Jul-Sep) Temperature (2045-2060) Simulated by RegCM3 with ECHAM5 Projections as Boundary
Conditions (Western US).
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