@Article{PesqueroChouNobrMare:2010:ClDoOv,
               author = "Pesquero, Jose Fernando and Chou, Sin Chan and Nobre, Carlos 
                         Afonso and Marengo, Jos{\'e} Antonio",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Climate downscaling over South America for 1961-1970 using the Eta 
                         Model",
              journal = "Theoretical and Applied Climatology",
                 year = "2010",
               volume = "99",
               number = "1-2",
                pages = "75--93",
                month = "january",
             keywords = "air temperature, annual cycle, climate change, climate modeling, 
                         downscaling, precipitation (climatology), regional climate, 
                         topography.",
             abstract = "This study shows the results from a regional climate simulation of 
                         the present-day climate, corresponding to the period 1961-1970 
                         over South America, using the regional Eta Model nested within the 
                         HadAM3P model from the UK Hadley Centre. The simulation analysis 
                         is focused on assessing the capability of the nested regional 
                         model in representing spatial patterns of seasonal mean climate 
                         and the annual cycle of precipitation and temperature. The goals 
                         of this 10-year run for South America are to verify if the Eta 
                         Model can be used in climate-change scenarios and to verify if 
                         this model has the ability to generate added value for the South 
                         American continent. The Eta Model was chosen because there are few 
                         investigations using the Eta Model for long integrations over 
                         South America and because the vertical coordinate system used in 
                         this model is recommended for use over South America due to the 
                         presence of the Andes range. In the present 10-year simulation, 
                         the regional model reproduced many of the South American mesoscale 
                         climate features and together added new value to the driver model. 
                         Value was also added to the driver model by reducing seasonal 
                         biases in austral winter relative to austral summer. The regional 
                         model also exhibits better performance in the representation of 
                         low-level circulation, such as the topographically induced 
                         northwesterly flux. © 2009 Springer-Verlag.",
                  doi = "10.1007/s00704-009-0123-z",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-009-0123-z",
                 issn = "0177-798X",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Pesquero_climate.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "23 maio 2024"
}