2-5: Regional Climate Modeling

Figure 2 - Computational domain for a regional climate model. NCAR/TN - 381 +1A. A user's guide to the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale modelling system.

Figure 3 - High resolution (hypothetical) grid. Cushman and Ferres, Climate Change Quarterly, 77

Figure 4 - Giss model.

Figure 5 -

Figure 6 - PIRCS Grid and Domain - CM vs. GCM

Figure 7 - Simulation of a short period (60 days) during the 1988 drought. Adapted from CAC, NWS, NOAA.

Figure 8 - 500 mb height RMSD in the 1993 flood.

Figure 9 - 500 mb height RMSD in the 1993 flood.

Figure 10 - Comparison of PIRCS models with precipitation analysis.

Figure 11 - Daily maximum temperatures.

Figure 12 - Daily minimum temperatures.

Figure 13 - Mod - Obs Max Temp (K) - 06/01-07/31, 1993

Figure 14 - Mod - Obs Min Temp (K) - 06/01-07/31, 1993

Figure 15 - Measured accumulated rainfall for the 24-hour period ending 1200 UTC 5 July 1993. Pan, 1996, PhD dissertation, Iowa State University.

Figure 16 - Model results using two different options for representing rainfall processes. Pan, 1996, PhD dissertation, Iowa State University.

Figure 17 - Simulation of a rainfall event by a regional climate model. Pan, 1996, PhD dissertation, Iowa State University.

Figure 18 - Effect of surface moisture on rainfall as simulated by a regional climate model. Pan, 1996, PhD dissertation, Iowa State University.

Figure 19 - Meteorlogical conditions during 1988 drought, 1993 floods, and 1991 normal year. Pan, 1996, PhD dissertation, Iowa State University.

Related Class Images

Qualitative description of modeled anthropogenic climate change for some temperature and hydrological indicators. Climate Change 1995. The Science of Climate Change, Figure 6.1.

Simulated global annual mean warming from 1880 in two simulations with greenhouse gas forcing only and two simulations which include both greenhouse gas and direct sulphate aerosol forcing.
Climate Change 1995. The Science of Climate Change, Figure 6.5.

Comparison between several atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCM).
Climate Change 1995. The Science of Climate Change, Figure 6.4.

Radiative forcing (Wm^-2)and annual mean temperature changes (⁰C) under Scenario IS92a from 1795 to 2030-2050.
Climate Change 1995. The Science of Climate Change, Figure 6.7.

Seasonal change in surface temperature from 1880-1889 to 2040-2049 in simulations with aerosol effects included. Climate Change 1995. The Science of Climate Change, Figure 6.10.

Evolution of model predictions for the expected annual average near-surface temperature response to anthropogenic activities (⁰C). Climate Change 1995. The Science of Climate Change, Figure 8.12.

Effect of using a different procedure for simulating rainfall in a regional climate mode. Pan, Zaitao, 1996: On surface versus atmospheric forcing in regional climate simulations. Ph.D. Dissertation. Iowa State University.

Another flood event from 1993. Pan, Zaitao, 1996: On surface versus atmospheric forcing in regional climate simulations. Ph.D. Dissertation. Iowa State University.

Model-simulated rainfall event from flood of 1993. Pan, Zaitao, 1996: On surface versus atmospheric forcing in regional climate simulations. Ph.D. Dissertation. Iowa State University.

Simulated - Observed Precip (mm) - 5/15-7/14, 1988

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