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Coordinated Global and Regional Climate Modeling
John Scinocca,Viatcheslav Kharin,Y. Jiao,M. W. Qian,M. Lazare,Larry Solheim,Gregory M. Flato,S. Biner,M. Desgagne,B. Dugas +9 more
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In this paper, a new approach of coordinated global and regional climate modeling is presented, which is applied to the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis Regional Climate Model (CanRCM4) and its parent global climate model CanESM2.Abstract:
A new approach of coordinated global and regional climate modeling is presented. It is applied to the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis Regional Climate Model (CanRCM4) and its parent global climate model CanESM2. CanRCM4 was developed specifically to downscale climate predictions and climate projections made by its parent global model. The close association of a regional climate model (RCM) with a parent global climate model (GCM) offers novel avenues of model development and application that are not typically available to independent regional climate modeling centers. For example, when CanRCM4 is driven by its parent model, driving information for all of its prognostic variables is available (including aerosols and chemical species), significantly improving the quality of their simulation. Additionally, CanRCM4 can be driven by its parent model for all downscaling applications by employing a spectral nudging procedure in CanESM2 designed to constrain its evolution to follow any ...read more
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The Canadian Earth System Model version 5 (CanESM5.0.3)
Neil C. Swart,Jason N. S. Cole,Viatcheslav Kharin,Mike Lazare,John Scinocca,Nathan P. Gillett,James Anstey,Vivek K. Arora,James R. Christian,Sarah J. Hanna,Yanjun Jiao,Warren G. Lee,Fouad Majaess,Oleg A. Saenko,Christian Seiler,Clint Seinen,Andrew Shao,Michael Sigmond,Larry Solheim,Knut von Salzen,Duo Yang,Barbara Winter +21 more
TL;DR: The Canadian Earth System Model version 5 (CanESM5) as mentioned in this paper is a global model developed to simulate historical climate change and variability, to make centennial-scale projections of future climate, and to produce initialized seasonal and decadal predictions.
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Multivariate quantile mapping bias correction: an N-dimensional probability density function transform for climate model simulations of multiple variables
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Large near-term projected snowpack loss over the western United States
John C. Fyfe,Chris Derksen,Lawrence Mudryk,Gregory M. Flato,Benjamin D. Santer,Neil C. Swart,Noah P. Molotch,Xuebin Zhang,Hui Wan,Vivek K. Arora,John Scinocca,Yanjun Jiao +11 more
TL;DR: It is shown that between the 1980s and 2000s, there was a 10–20% loss in the annual maximum amount of water contained in the region's snowpack, which is consistent with results from a large ensemble of climate simulations forced with natural and anthropogenic changes, but is inconsistent with simulations forced by natural changes alone.
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Future global meteorological drought hot spots: A study based on CORDEX data
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether meteorological droughts will become more frequent and severe during the twenty-first century and given projected global temperature rise, to what extent.
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Measuring the Environmental Sustainability Performance of Global Supply Chains: a Multi-Regional Input-Output analysis for Carbon, Sulphur Oxide and Water Footprints
Adolf Acquaye,Kuishuang Feng,Eunice Oppon,Said Salhi,Taofeeq Ibn-Mohammed,Andrea Genovese,Klaus Hubacek,Klaus Hubacek +7 more
TL;DR: Using MRIO analysis to calculate emissions and resource consumption intensities and footprints, direct and indirect impacts, and net emission flows between countries, this paper contributes to the existing body of literature by adopting an environmental performance measurement approach for economic sectors.
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