Assessing the Dynamic Versus Thermodynamic Origin of Climate Model Biases

Global climate models present systematic biases, among others, a tendency to overestimate hot and dry summers in midlatitude regions. Here we investigate the origin of such biases in the Community Earth System Model. To disentangle the contribution of dynamics and thermodynamics, we perform simulati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geophysical research letters. - 1984. - 45(2018), 16 vom: 28. Aug., Seite 8471-8479
1. Verfasser: Wehrli, Kathrin (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Guillod, Benoit P, Hauser, Mathias, Leclair, Matthieu, Seneviratne, Sonia I
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Geophysical research letters
Schlagworte:Journal Article Earth system models atmospheric nudging climate model biases dynamics versus thermodynamics global climate models systematic biases
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