WCRP COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX): a diagnostic MIP for CMIP6

The COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX) is a diagnostic model intercomparison project (MIP) in CMIP6. CORDEX builds on a foundation of previous downscaling intercomparison projects to provide a common framework for downscaling activities around the world. The CORDEX Regional Challen...

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Published inGeoscientific Model Development Vol. 9; no. 11; pp. 4087 - 4095
Main Authors Gutowski, William J, Giorgi, Filippo, Timbal, Bertrand, Frigon, Anne, Jacob, Daniela, Hyun-Suk Kang, Raghavan, Krishnan, Lee, Boram, Lennard, Christopher, Nikulin, Grigory, O'Rourke, Eleanor, Rixen, Michel, Solman, Silvina, Stephenson, Tannecia, Tangang, Fredolin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 17.11.2016
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Subjects
Adaptation
Bias
Boundary conditions
Climate
Climate change
Climate models
Diagnostic systems
Environmental assessment
Experiments
Global climate
Global climate models
Greenhouse gases
Intercomparison
Precipitation
Protocol
Regional analysis
Regional climates
Regional planning
Simulation
Vulnerability
South America
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Summary:The COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX) is a diagnostic model intercomparison project (MIP) in CMIP6. CORDEX builds on a foundation of previous downscaling intercomparison projects to provide a common framework for downscaling activities around the world. The CORDEX Regional Challenges provide a focus for downscaling research and a basis for making use of CMIP6 global climate model (GCM) output to produce downscaled projected changes in regional climates and assess sources of uncertainties in the projections, all of which can potentially be distilled into climate change information for vulnerability, impacts and adaptation studies. CORDEX Flagship Pilot Studies advance regional downscaling by targeting one or more of the CORDEX Regional Challenges. A CORDEX-CORE framework is planned that will produce a baseline set of homogeneous high-resolution, downscaled projections for regions worldwide. In CMIP6, CORDEX coordinates with ScenarioMIP and is structured to allow cross comparisons with HighResMIP and interaction with the CMIP6 VIACS Advisory Board.
ISSN:1991-9603
1991-962X
1991-959X
1991-9603
1991-962X
DOI:10.5194/gmd-9-4087-2016