[ PAPER ] · 2018 · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
The state of the art and fundamental aspects of regional climate modeling in South America
T. Ambrizzi, M. Reboita, R. D. da Rocha, M. Llopart
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[ TLDR ]
The evolution of regional climate modeling is reviewed, as well as the studies developed for South America are presented.
[ ABSTRACT ]
Regional climate models have been used since 1989 in order to improve climate simulation in regions where mesoscale forcings modulate the regional climate. These models are driven by time‐dependent lateral boundary conditions from global climate models or reanalysis, and this process is called dynamical downscaling. Here, we review the evolution of regional climate modeling, as well as present the studies developed for South America.