@Article{TapiadorAngVilCuaCas:2011:SuReCl,
               author = "Tapiador, Francisco J. and Angelis, Carlos F. and Viltard, Nicolas 
                         and Cuartero, Fernando and Castro, Manuel de",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "On the suitability of regional climate models for reconstructing 
                         climatologies",
              journal = "Atmospheric Research",
                 year = "2011",
               volume = "101",
               number = "3",
                pages = "739--751",
             keywords = "Climatologies, Reanalysis, Regional climate models.",
             abstract = "This paper discusses the potential of Regional Climate Models 
                         (RCMs) as reanalysis tools by presenting a reconstruction of the 
                         European climate using several RCMs with diverse physical 
                         parameterizations. The use of RCMs is intended to increase the 
                         spatial resolution of the analysis provided by Global Models 
                         through dynamic downscaling. At the same time, the use of several 
                         models allows us to characterize the uncertainties, as these can 
                         be estimated from the spread of the ensemble. When the RCMs are 
                         nested in reanalyses instead of in a Global Model it is possible 
                         to create climatologies of unprecedented robustness for variables 
                         such as temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and humidity, 
                         among others. While these climatologies are subject to further 
                         improvement as methods and computing power evolve, they point the 
                         way forward to the development of atmospheric information products 
                         suitable for a variety of studies including education, 
                         agriculture, renewable energies and climate change research, 
                         biogeography, insurance, risk assessment, hydrology, and regional 
                         planning.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.05.001",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.05.001",
                 issn = "0169-8095",
           targetfile = "On the suitability of regional climate models for reconstructing 
                         climatologies_tapiador.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "11 maio 2024"
}