Review Article

Regional Climate Modeling over South America: A Review

Table 1

Matrix of GCM/RCM combinations of regional climate change simulations over the South America domain performed within the CLARIS-LPB project.

RCM/institution ERA-Interim
(1990–2008)
GCMPresent climate (1961–1990)Near future (2011–2040)Far future (2071–2100)Continuous run
(1961–2100)

RegCM3/USP XHadCM3-Q0XXX
EC5OM-R1

RCA/SMHI XEC5OM-R1X
EC5OM-R2X
EC5OM-R3X

MM5/CIMAXHadCM3-Q0XX

REMO/MPIXEC5OM-R3XXX

PROMES/UCLMXHadCM3-Q0X

LMDZ/IPSL XIPSLA1BX
HadCM3-Q0X

ETA/INPEXHadCM3-Q0XXX