Research Article

Downscaling Maximum Temperatures to Subkilometer Resolutions in the Shenandoah National Park of Virginia, USA

Table 4

Projected change in mean July in SNP. Shown in parentheses is the projected change in mean July in °C decade−1. The full names of the GCM-RCM combinations are CCSM-CRCM: community climate system model-Canadian regional climate model; CGCM-CRCM: coupled general circulation model-Canadian regional climate model; CCSM-WRFG: community climate system model-weather research and forecasting model; CGCM-WRFG: coupled general circulation model-weather research and forecasting model; GFDL-HRM3: geophysical fluid dynamics model-Hadley regional model version 3; CGCM-RCM3, Coupled General Circulation model-regional climate model version 3; GFDL-HRM3: geophysical fluid dynamics model-Hadley regional model version 3.

GCM-RCM Change in mean July (°C) (°C decade−1)

CCSM-CRCM+3.37 (+0.48)
CGCM-CRCM+3.91 (+0.56)
CCSM-WRFG+3.44 (+0.49)
CGCM-WRFG+2.04 (+0.29)
GFDL-HRM3+4.23 (+0.60)
CGCM-RCM3+2.74 (+0.39)
GFDL-RCM3+3.11 (+0.44)