Precipitation extremes over La Plata Basin–Review and new results from observations and climate simulations

IFA Cavalcanti, AF Carril, OC Penalba, AM Grimm… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Monthly and daily precipitation extremes over La Plata Basin (LPB) are analyzed in the
framework of the CLARIS-LPB Project. A review of the studies developed during the project …

Regional climate modeling over South America: a review

SA Solman - Advances in Meteorology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes the progress achieved on regional climate modeling activities over
South America since the early efforts at the beginning of the 2000s until now. During the last …

Evaluation of an ensemble of regional climate model simulations over South America driven by the ERA-Interim reanalysis: model performance and uncertainties

SA Solman, E Sanchez, P Samuelsson, RP Da Rocha… - Climate Dynamics, 2013 - Springer
The capability of a set of 7 coordinated regional climate model simulations performed in the
framework of the CLARIS-LPB Project in reproducing the mean climate conditions over the …

Utilizing a storm-generating hotspot to study convective cloud transitions: The CACTI experiment

AC Varble, SW Nesbitt, P Salio… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign was
designed to improve understanding of orographic cloud life cycles in relation to surrounding …

An assessment of land–atmosphere interactions over South America using satellites, reanalysis, and two global climate models

JCA Baker, D Castilho de Souza… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract In South America, land–atmosphere interactions have an important impact on
climate, particularly the regional hydrological cycle, but detailed evaluation of these …

Advancing South American Water and Climate Science through Multidecadal Convection-Permitting Modeling

F Dominguez, R Rasmussen, C Liu… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Bettolli, ML, and Coauthors, 2021: The CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study in Southeastern South
America: A comparative study of statistical and dynamical downscaling models in simulating …

Observations and projections of heat waves in South America

S Feron, RR Cordero, A Damiani, PJ Llanillo… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Although Heat Waves (HWs) are expected to increase due to global warming, they
are a regional phenomenon that demands for local analyses. In this paper, we assess four …

Extreme indices of temperature and precipitation in South America: Trends and intercomparison of regional climate models

M Lagos-Zuniga, R Balmaceda-Huarte, P Regoto… - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Regional Climate Models (RCMs) provide climate information required for
evaluating vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation at finer scales than their global driving …

Dynamical downscaling over the complex terrain of southwest South America: present climate conditions and added value analysis

D Bozkurt, M Rojas, JP Boisier, R Rondanelli… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
This study evaluates hindcast simulations performed with a regional climate model (RCM,
RegCM4) driven by reanalysis data (ERA-Interim) over the Pacific coast and Andes …

Assessment of CORDEX simulations over South America: added value on seasonal climatology and resolution considerations

M Falco, AF Carril, CG Menéndez, PG Zaninelli… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
A new set of CORDEX simulations over South America, together with their coarser-
resolution driving Global Climate Models (GCMs) are used to investigate added value of …