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DOI | 10.1002/joc.6372 |
An evaluation of COSMO-CLM regional climate model in simulating precipitation over Central Africa | |
Fotso-Kamga, Gabriel1; Fotso-Nguemo, Thierry C.1,2; Diallo, Ismaila3; Yepdo, Zephirin D.1,2; Pokam, Wilfried M.1,4,5; Vondou, Derbetini A.1,4; Lenouo, Andre6 | |
2019-11-11 | |
发表期刊 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY |
ISSN | 0899-8418 |
EISSN | 1097-0088 |
出版年 | 2019 |
文章类型 | Article;Early Access |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Cameroon; USA |
英文摘要 | In this study, an analysis of present day climate simulation (1998-2008) is presented for the Central African (CA) region with the COnsortium for Small-scale MOdelling in CLimate Mode (CCLM) regional climate model, forced by the ERA-Interim (ERAINT) reanalysis data. The ability of the CCLM to simulate the observed precipitation with particular focus on the mean spatial pattern, low-level circulation, seasonal cycles, and daily characteristics is evaluated. Likewise, the added value of the regional model CCLM compared to the driving ERAINT reanalysis is also investigated. It is shown that ERAINT and CCLM exhibit quite different sign of bias, which is an indication of the importance of internal variability and fine scale processes representation for the simulation of surface climate. Despite the CCLM is constantly dry over southern CA, the model succeeds to reproduce reasonably the mean spatial patterns of precipitation and low-level circulation features, along with the associated seasonal cycles over the whole CA and majority of the five selected analysis sub-regions. Results also show that daily precipitation indices are well represented, although the better performance greatly depends on the considered seasons. Nevertheless, CCLM substantially outperforms the ERAINT daily precipitation characteristics, thus highlighting the added value of the downscaling exercise over the region. The analysis of daily precipitation indices also reveals that the dry character of the model could probably be connected to the underestimation of the simulated less intense events, which in turn result to an overestimation of the simulated dry spell duration. |
英文关键词 | added value Central Africa CORDEX-Africa COSMO-CLM precipitation indices regional climate model |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000495563000001 |
WOS关键词 | EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS ; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY ; SOUTHERN AFRICA ; CORDEX SIMULATIONS ; PROJECTED CHANGES ; EASTERLY WAVES ; WEST-AFRICA ; TEMPERATURE ; CMIP5 ; PARAMETERIZATION |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/225419 |
专题 | 环境与发展全球科技态势 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Yaounde I, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, LEMAP, POB 812, Yaounde, Cameroon; 2.Natl Inst Cartog, CCRL, Yaounde, Cameroon; 3.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Geog, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA; 4.Inst Rech Dev, Lab Mixte Int Dynam Ecosyst Continentaux Afrique, Yaounde, Cameroon; 5.Univ Yaounde I, Higher Teacher Training Coll, Dept Phys, Yaounde, Cameroon; 6.Univ Douala, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Douala, Cameroon |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Fotso-Kamga, Gabriel,Fotso-Nguemo, Thierry C.,Diallo, Ismaila,et al. An evaluation of COSMO-CLM regional climate model in simulating precipitation over Central Africa[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY,2019. |
APA | Fotso-Kamga, Gabriel.,Fotso-Nguemo, Thierry C..,Diallo, Ismaila.,Yepdo, Zephirin D..,Pokam, Wilfried M..,...&Lenouo, Andre.(2019).An evaluation of COSMO-CLM regional climate model in simulating precipitation over Central Africa.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. |
MLA | Fotso-Kamga, Gabriel,et al."An evaluation of COSMO-CLM regional climate model in simulating precipitation over Central Africa".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY (2019). |
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