Projected climate change over Southeast Asia simulated using a WRF regional climate model

• Main Authors: Chotamonsak C., Salathe E.P., Kreasuwan J., Chantara S., Siriwitayakorn K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79954608654&partnerID=40&md5=1b5b385a761b8d1befab81609a8cb9d1; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/6587
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Dynamical downscaling of a global climate model is applied at 60-km horizontal resolution to project changes from 1990-1999 to 2045-2054 of temperature and precipitation over Southeast Asia. The regional climate model reproduces the observed spatial distribution of temperature well, with a cold bias for maximum temperatures and a warm bias for minimum temperatures. Wet-season precipitation is simulated with less skill than dry-season precipitation. Projected warming varies from < 0.1 to 3 °C depending on the location and season, with greater warming at night than daytime for all seasons. Precipitation increases on average, with local decreases in the dry season. © 2011 Royal Meteorological Society.