A High-Resolution Climate Model for the U.S. Pacific Northwest Mesoscale Feedbacks and Local Responses to Climate Change

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 21; no. 21; pp. 5708 - 5726
• Main Authors: Salathé, Eric P., Steed, Richard, Mass, Clifford F., Zahn, Patrick H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.11.2008
• Subjects: Albedo; Atmospheric models; Climate change; Climate models; Climatic zones; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Earth, ocean, space; Emissions; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Global climate models; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Meteorology; Modeling; Precipitation; Resource allocation; Seasonal variations; Simulations; Snow cover; Soil temperature; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; Topography; Trends; Western U.S; Canada; United States; Western Canada; INE, USA, Pacific Northwest; Century 21st; atmospheric precipitation; Regional scope; climate warming; Climate models; Forecast model; North America; Dynamical climatology; Mesoscale; Atmospheric temperature; global change; climate change; high resolution

Simulations of future climate scenarios produced with a high-resolution climate model show markedly different trends in temperature and precipitation over the Pacific Northwest than in the global model in which it is nested, apparently because of mesoscale processes not being resolved at coarse reso...