Regional climate modeling: progress, challenges, and prospects

Y Wang, LR Leung, JL McGREGOR, DK Lee… - Journal of the …, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Regional climate modeling using regional climate models (RCMs) has matured over the
past decade to enable meaningful utilization in a broad spectrum of applications. In this …

Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change

J Huang, H Yu, X Guan, G Wang, R Guo - Nature climate change, 2016 - nature.com
Drylands are home to more than 38% of the total global population and are one of the most
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities,. Projecting the areal change in …

Development of a European multimodel ensemble system for seasonal-to-interannual prediction (DEMETER)

TN Palmer, A Alessandri, U Andersen… - Bulletin of the …, 2004 - journals.ametsoc.org
A multi-model ensemble-based system for seasonal-to-interannual prediction has been
developed in a joint European project known as DEMETER (Development of a European …

The utility of daily large-scale climate data in the assessment of climate change impacts on daily streamflow in California

EP Maurer, HG Hidalgo, T Das… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2010 - hess.copernicus.org
Three statistical downscaling methods were applied to NCEP/NCAR reanalysis (used as a
surrogate for the best possible general circulation model), and the downscaled meteorology …

A review of seasonal climate prediction research in China

H Wang, K Fan, J Sun, S Li, Z Lin, G Zhou… - … in Atmospheric Sciences, 2015 - Springer
The ultimate goal of climate research is to produce climate predictions on various time
scales. In China, efforts to predict the climate started in the 1930s. Experimental operational …

The rationale behind the success of multi-model ensembles in seasonal forecasting—II. Calibration and combination

FJ Doblas-Reyes, R Hagedorn… - Tellus A: Dynamic …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The DEMETER multi-model ensemble system is used to investigate the enhancement in
seasonal predictability that can be achieved by calibrating single-model ensembles and …

Linking dynamic seasonal climate forecasts with crop simulation for maize yield prediction in semi-arid Kenya

JW Hansen, M Indeje - Agricultural and Forest meteorology, 2004 - Elsevier
By providing information about growing season characteristics in advance of the season,
predictions of climate fluctuations at a seasonal time-scale offer opportunity to improve …

Past and future adverse response of terrestrial water storages to increased vegetation growth in drylands

K Liu, X Li, S Wang, G Zhou - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023 - nature.com
The response of terrestrial water storages to dryland vegetation growth remains poorly
understood. Using multiple proxies from satellite observations and model outputs, we show …

Temporal variability of thermal refuges and water temperature patterns in an Atlantic salmon river

SJ Dugdale, NE Bergeron, A St-Hilaire - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
In response to high summer river temperatures, salmonids avoid heat stress by making use
of discrete units of cold water termed thermal refuges. Although recent research has …

[Књига][B] Assessment of intraseasonal to interannual climate prediction and predictability

National Research Council, Division on Earth… - 2010 - books.google.com
More accurate forecasts of climate conditions over time periods of weeks to a few years
could help people plan agricultural activities, mitigate drought, and manage energy …