Convection‐permitting modeling with regional climate models: Latest developments and next steps

P Lucas‐Picher, D Argüeso, E Brisson… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 10 years ago, convection‐permitting regional climate models (CPRCMs)
emerged as a promising computationally affordable tool to produce fine resolution (1–4 km) …

The possible role of local air pollution in climate change in West Africa

P Knippertz, MJ Evans, PR Field, AH Fink… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The climate of West Africa is characterized by a sensitive monsoon system that is
associated with marked natural precipitation variability. This region has been and is …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced future changes in wet and dry extremes over Africa at convection-permitting scale

EJ Kendon, RA Stratton, S Tucker, JH Marsham… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
African society is particularly vulnerable to climate change. The representation of convection
in climate models has so far restricted our ability to accurately simulate African weather …

Convection‐permitting modelling improves simulated precipitation over the central and eastern Tibetan Plateau

P Li, K Furtado, T Zhou, H Chen… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays an essential role in influencing the global climate,
and precipitation is one of its most important water‐cycle components. However, accurately …

Dominant role of greenhouse-gas forcing in the recovery of Sahel rainfall

B Dong, R Sutton - Nature Climate Change, 2015 - nature.com
Sahelian summer rainfall, controlled by the West African monsoon, exhibited large-
amplitude multidecadal variability during the twentieth century. Particularly important was …

[HTML][HTML] A Pan-African convection-permitting regional climate simulation with the met office unified model: CP4-Africa

RA Stratton, CA Senior, SB Vosper… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
A convection-permitting multiyear regional climate simulation using the Met Office Unified
Model has been run for the first time on an Africa-wide domain. The model has been run as …

[HTML][HTML] Scale interactions between the MJO and the western Maritime Continent

CE Birch, S Webster, SC Peatman, DJ Parker… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Scale Interactions between the MJO and the Western Maritime Continent in: Journal of Climate
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[HTML][HTML] The diurnal cycle of East Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by the Met Office Unified Model at convection-permitting scales

P Li, K Furtado, T Zhou, H Chen, J Li, Z Guo, C Xiao - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
A limited area convection permitting model (CPM) based on the Met Office Unified Model,
with a 0.04°(4.4 km) horizontal grid spacing, is used to simulate an entire warm-season of …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating climate models with an African lens

R James, R Washington, B Abiodun… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Evaluating Climate Models with an African Lens in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society Volume 99 Issue 2 (2018) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo …

[HTML][HTML] Skill of global raw and postprocessed ensemble predictions of rainfall over northern tropical Africa

P Vogel, P Knippertz, AH Fink… - Weather and …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Accumulated precipitation forecasts are of high socioeconomic importance for agriculturally
dominated societies in northern tropical Africa. In this study, the performance of nine …