Regional climate modeling for the developing world - The ICTP RegCM3 and RegCNET
Regional climate modeling for the developing world - The ICTP RegCM3 and RegCNET
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DOI：
10.1175/bams-88-9-1395
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
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8
通讯作者：
Steiner, Allison L.
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作者：
Pal, Jeremy S.;Giorgi, Filippo;Steiner, Allison L.
区域气候模式是世界各地科学家，包括经济发展中国家（EDN）科学家可用的重要研究工具。阿卜杜勒·萨拉姆国际理论物理中心（ICTP）的地球系统物理（ESP）小组维护并分发了一个名为ICTP区域气候模型第3版（RegCM 3）的最新科学区域气候模型，目前该模型正被一个大型研究团体用于各种气候相关研究。RegCM3是国际贸易中心维护的区域气候研究网络（RegCNET）的核心工具，但不仅如此，该网络旨在就气候及相关影响研究和建模专题建立南南和南北科学互动。在本文中，RegCNET，RegCM3，和说明性的结果，从RegCM3基准模拟应用于南亚，非洲和南美洲。结果表明，RegCM3在这些地区表现相当不错，因此对EDN的气候研究是有用的。
Regional climate models are im- portant research tools available to scientists around the world, including in economically developing nations (EDNs). The Earth Systems Physics (ESP) group of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) maintains and distributes a state-of the-science regional climate model called the ICTP Regional Climate Model version 3 (RegCM3), which is currently being used by a large research community for a diverse range of climate-related studies. The RegCM3 is the central, but not only, tool of the ICTP-maintained Regional Climate Research Network (RegCNET) aimed at creating south-south and north-south scientific interactions on the topic of climate and associated impacts research and modeling. In this paper, RegCNET, RegCM3, and illustrative results from RegCM3 benchmark simulations applied over south Asia, Africa, and South America are presented. It is shown that RegCM3 performs reasonably well over these regions and is therefore useful for climate studies in EDNs.