TY - JOUR
T1 - Southeast Australia's wintertime precipitation
T2 - sensitivity of climate predictions to model resolution
AU - Pitman, A. J.
AU - Giorgi, F.
AU - Henderson-Sellers, A.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - It is found that the NCAR CCM1 T42 simulation provides good large-scale precipitation patterns, and that the MM4B produces the most accurate regional detail. It is suggested that to investigate continental-scale processes, AGCMs need to use a horizontal resolution which approximates or is finer than 3° × 3°. For the investigation of climate impact or land-surface change at the regional scale, a 70 km resolution, achieved by embedding a mesoscale model within an AGCM, seems to provide considerable potential.
AB - It is found that the NCAR CCM1 T42 simulation provides good large-scale precipitation patterns, and that the MM4B produces the most accurate regional detail. It is suggested that to investigate continental-scale processes, AGCMs need to use a horizontal resolution which approximates or is finer than 3° × 3°. For the investigation of climate impact or land-surface change at the regional scale, a 70 km resolution, achieved by embedding a mesoscale model within an AGCM, seems to provide considerable potential.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026278517
SN - 0004-9743
VL - 39
SP - 21
EP - 35
JO - Australian Meteorological Magazine
JF - Australian Meteorological Magazine
IS - 1
ER -