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Progress in regional downscaling of west African precipitation

✍ Scribed by Heiko Paeth; Nicholas M.J. Hall; Miguel Angel Gaertner; Marta Dominguez Alonso; Sounmaïla Moumouni; Jan Polcher; Paolo M. Ruti; Andreas H. Fink; Marielle Gosset; Thierry Lebel; Amadou T. Gaye; David P. Rowell; Wilfran Moufouma-Okia; Daniela Jacob; Burkhardt Rockel; Filippo Giorgi; Markku Rummukainen

Book ID
102753590
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
578 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
1530-261X

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Abstract

We review the recent progress in dynamical and statistical downscaling approaches for west African precipitation and perform a regional climate model (RCM) intercomparison using the novel multi‐model RCM data set from the Ensembles‐based Predictions of Climate Changes and Their Impacts (ENSEMBLES) and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) projects. Present RCMs have distinct systematic errors in terms of west African precipitation varying in amplitude and pattern across models. This is also reflected in a relatively large spread in projected future precipitation trends. Altogether, the ENSEMBLES RCMs indicate a prevailing drying tendency in sub‐Saharan Africa. Statistical post‐processing of simulated precipitation is a promising tool to reduce systematic model errors before application in impact studies. Copyright © 2011 Royal Meteorological Society

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