Extreme climate indices in Brazil: evaluation of downscaled earth system models at high horizontal resolution

• Published in: Climate dynamics Vol. 54; no. 11-12; pp. 5065 - 5088
• Main Authors: Avila-Diaz, Alvaro, Abrahão, Gabriel, Justino, Flavio, Torres, Roger, Wilson, Aaron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aeronautics; Analysis; basins; Brazil; Climate; Climate models; Climatic extremes; Climatic indexes; Climatology; Computer simulation; data collection; Datasets; dynamics; Earth; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth system science; Geophysics/Geodesy; Intercomparison; latitude; longitude; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Oceanography; Performance evaluation; Precipitation (Meteorology); Regional climate models; Regional climates; Resolution; River basins; Space research; Statistical analysis; temperature; South America; Brazil; CMIP5; Climate extremes; Model evaluation; Performance metrics; Trends

This study evaluated the performance of 25 earth system models (ESMs), statistically and dynamically downscaled to a high horizontal resolution (0.25° of latitude/longitude), in simulating extreme climate indices of temperature and precipitation for 1980–2005. Datasets analyzed include 21 statistica...