NCAR Summer School, 13 August 2008
Regional Climate Models
Comparison with observations
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Phase I:
RCMs driven by NCEP/DOE Reanalysis 2 for
1979-2004
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Evaluate errors due to RCM downscaling by using
ÒobservedÓ boundary conditions.
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Is there value in using the models as an ensemble?
How should we construct such an ensemble?