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Assessment of RegCM4.3 over the CORDEX South America domain: sensitivity analysis for physical parameterization schemes
2014; Inter-Research Science Center; Volume: 60; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3354/cr01239
ISSN1616-1572
AutoresMS Reboita, JPR Fernandez, Marta Llopart, Rosmeri Porfírio da Rocha, Luana Albertani Pampuch, Faye Cruz,
Tópico(s)Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
ResumoCR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 60:215-234 (2014) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01239 Assessment of RegCM4.3 over the CORDEX South America domain: sensitivity analysis for physical parameterization schemes Michelle Simões Reboita1,*, Julio Pablo R. Fernandez2, Marta Pereira Llopart3, Rosmeri Porfirio da Rocha3, Luana Albertani Pampuch3, Faye T. Cruz4 1Natural Resources Institute, Federal University of Itajubá, Av. BPS, 1303, Itajubá, Minas Gerais, MG 37500-903, Brazil 2Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Research, National Institute for Space Research, Rodovia Presidente Dutra, km 40, Cachoeira Paulista, SP 12630-000, Brazil 3Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1226, Cid. Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-090, Brazil 4Regional Climate Systems, Manila Observatory, Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108, Philippines *Corresponding author: reboita@gmail.com ABSTRACT: In mid-2012, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) released version 4.3 of the Regional Climate Model (RegCM4.3). This version includes a new surface scheme, the Common Land Model (CLM); a new planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme, the University of Washington PBL (UW-PBL); and new convection schemes including Tiedtke, and Mixed1 and Mixed2—with Grell (MIT) over the land and MIT (Grell) over the ocean for Mixed1 (Mixed2). These implementations suggest the necessity of an evaluation study to determine the best configuration of RegCM4.3 for simulating the climate of South America (SA). The main motivation is to come up with the best configurations of RegCM4.3 over the SA domain for use in the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) project. We analyzed 7 simulations for the period 1990-2000. The control simulation used the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS), Holtslag for the PBL and Mixed1 for cumulus convection. In the other simulations we changed these schemes using the new RegCM4.3 options. The evaluation of the simulations was carried out in 3 groups: (1) sensitivity to convection (Mixed1, MIT and Tiedtke), (2) sensitivity to the PBL (Holtslag and UW-PBL) and (3) sensitivity to surface processes (BATS and CLM). Considering all of SA, the results show that precipitation is better simulated with the schemes of the control simulation, while for air temperature, better results were obtained using the MIT cumulus scheme together with the CLM scheme. In summary, we recommend 2 configurations for the CORDEX project over SA: (1) the schemes used in the control simulation and (2) the MIT scheme for cumulus convection, Holtslag for the PBL, and CLM for surface interaction processes. KEY WORDS: South America · RegCM4.3 · CORDEX · Simulation · Precipitation · Temperature · Evapotranspiration Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Reboita MS, Fernandez JPR, Pereira Llopart M, Porfirio da Rocha R, Albertani Pampuch L, Cruz FT (2014) Assessment of RegCM4.3 over the CORDEX South America domain: sensitivity analysis for physical parameterization schemes. Clim Res 60:215-234. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01239 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in CR Vol. 60, No. 3. Online publication date: August 05, 2014 Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572 Copyright © 2014 Inter-Research.
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