Evaluating climate model simulations of precipitation: methods, problems and performance

Auteurs :
AIREY, M.
HULME, M.

Description :
This article reviews the problems of testing the accuracy of climate models at simulating one particular element of climate on different temporal and spatial scales, namely, precipitation. The discontinuous nature of precipitation in time and space makes this climate variable perhaps the most challenging one for climate models to simulate. There are two complementary components to this review: how well do models simulate the present precipitation climatology of the earth? and, how well do we know what is the present precipitation climatology of the earth?


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Progress in physical geography, issn : 0309-1333, 1995, vol. 19, n°. 4, p. 427-448, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 71 ref.

Date :
1995

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Sage Publications