Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Consortium Downscaling Simulations

Project

Domains

Scenarios

Runs

Years

Climatology

Change

Offset

Mesoamerica

d01

d02

d03

d04

d05

d06

Historical

NNRP

1991-1993

1991-1993

(HS)

 

 

CCSM4_rcp8.5

Baseline

2006-2010

2006-2010

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2056-2060

2056-2060

(FT)

 

 

Guatemala

d01

d02

d03

Historical

NNRP_1971-1980

1971-1980

1971-1980

 

 

 

NNRP_2001-2010

2001-2010

2001-2010

(HS)

 

 

CCSM4_rcp8.5

Baseline

2011-2020

2011-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2061-2070

2061-2070

(FT)

 

 

Honduras

d02

d03

Historical

ERA-I

1986-1993

1986-1993

(HS)

 

 

CCSM4_rpc85

Baseline

2011-2020

2011-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2061-2070

2061-2070

(FT)

 

 

ECHAM_rcp8.5

Baseline

2011-2020

2011-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2061-2070

2061-2070

(FT)

 

 

Bolivia

d01

d02

d03

Historical

NNRP

1979-2012

1996-2010

(HS)

 

 

CCSM4_rcp2.6

Baseline

2006-2020

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2066-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

CCSM4_rcp4.5

Baseline

2006-2040

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2066-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

CCSM4_rcp8.5

Baseline

2006-2020

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2056-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

MPI_rcp2.6

Baseline

2006-2020

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2066-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

MPI_rcp4.5

Baseline

2006-2020

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2066-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

MPI_rcp8.5

Baseline

2006-2020

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2056-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

MIROC_rcp2.6

Baseline

2006-2020

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2066-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

MIROC_rcp4.5

Baseline

2006-2020

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2066-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

MIROC_rcp8.5

Baseline

2006-2020

2006-2020

(BL)

FT - BL

BL - HS

Future

2056-2060

2066-2080

2066-2080

(FT)

 

 

 

WRF version, discretization, parameterizations, grid sizes

 

Mesoamerica

Bolivia

Guatemala

Honduras

WRF version

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.6.1

Levels

27

29

29

29

Time step

adaptive

adaptive

adaptive

adaptive

SW radiation

Dudhia

Dudhia

Dudhia

Dudhia

LW radiation

RRTM

RRTM

RRTM

RRTM

Cumulus

Kain-Fritsch

Kain-Fritsch

Kain-Fritsch

Kain-Fritsch

Microphysics

WSM5

WSM5

WSM5

WSM5

Boundary layer

YSU

YSU

YSU

YSU

Surface layer

MM5 similarity

MM5 similarity

MM5 similarity

MM5 similarity (revised)

Land-surface

Noah LSM

Noah LSM

Noah LSM

Noah LSM

SST update

true

true

true

true

Domains

name (delta) [SN × WE]

d01

d02

d03

d04

d05

d06

(36km)

(12km)

(4km)

(4km)

(4km)

(4km)

[207 × 177]

[552 × 375]

[564 × 321]

[393 × 177]

[519 × 306]

[210 × 102]

d01

d02

d03

(36km)

(12km)

(4km)

[105 × 105]

[249 × 249]

[435 × 438]

d01

d02

d03

(36km)

(12km)

(4km)

[60 × 80]

[111 × 105]

[165 × 156]

d01

d02

d03

(36km)

(12km)

(4km)

[60 × 73]a

[114 × 147]

[150 × 219]

a d01 results for Honduras were not retained due to storage constraints