Assessment of regional seasonal predictability using the PRECIS regional climate modeling system over South America

LM Alves, J Marengo - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2010 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and skill of the UK Met Office Hadley
Center Regional Climate Model (HadRM3P) in describing the seasonal variability of the …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric circulation features associated with rainfall variability over southern Northeast Brazil

RR Chaves, IFA Cavalcanti - Monthly Weather Review, 2001 - journals.ametsoc.org
The atmospheric circulation features associated with rainfall variability during the main rainy
period of the region of southern Northeast Brazil (sNEB) are determined through principal …

Simulation and sensitivity in a nested modeling system for South America. Part I: Reanalyses boundary forcing

A Seth, M Rojas - Journal of Climate, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
A regional climate model driven by reanalyzed atmospheric forcing is used to investigate 1)
the large-scale circulation anomalies that were driven by sea surface temperatures (SSTs) …

Dynamic downscaling of seasonal simulations over South America

V Misra, PA Dirmeyer, BP Kirtman - Journal of Climate, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
In this paper multiple atmospheric global circulation model (AGCM) integrations at T42
spectral truncation and prescribed sea surface temperature were used to drive regional …

Extended range forecasts over South America using the regional eta model

SC Chou, AMB Nunes… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
An 80‐km National Centers for Environmental Prediction eta model was configured to run
over the South America continent. This limited area model has 38 layers in the atmosphere …

Validation of the coupled Eta/SSiB model over South America

SC Chou, CAS Tanajura, Y Xue… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Two 1‐month integrations were performed with the regional Eta model coupled with the
Simplified Simple Biosphere model (SSiB) over South America. The goal of the present work …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal prediction over North America with a regional model nested in a global model

MJ Fennessy, J Shukla - Journal of climate, 2000 - journals.ametsoc.org
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[HTML][HTML] The hydrometeorology of a deforested region of the Amazon basin

RR Da Silva, R Avissar - Journal of hydrometeorology, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
A series of numerical simulations were performed to evaluate the capability of the Regional
Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) to simulate the evolution of convection in a partly …

Seasonal rainfall predictions over the southeast United States using the Florida State University nested regional spectral model

S Cocke, TE LaRow, DW Shin - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal rainfall predictions over the southeast United States using the recently developed
Florida State University (FSU) nested regional spectral model are presented. The regional …

Impact of different initial soil moisture fields on Eta model weather forecasts for South America

LGG de Goncalves, WJ Shuttleworth… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Two 7‐day weather simulations were made for South America in July 2003 and January
2004 (in the Southern Hemisphere summer and winter) to investigate the impacts of using …