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- description: Difference of Average Summer (Jul-Sep) Temperature (2045-2060 vs 1968-1999) 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. This dataset depicts differences between the downscaled data for 2015-2030
and 1968-1999. 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:
Difference of Average Summer (Jul-Sep) Temperature (2045-2060 vs 1968-1999) 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. This dataset depicts differences between the downscaled data for 2015-2030
and 1968-1999. 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 Difference of Average Summer (Jul-Sep) Temperature (2045-2060 vs 1968-1999) Simulated by RegCM3 with ECHAM5
Projections as Boundary Conditions (Western US).
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