Regional Climate Modeling CORDEX Michel D

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Regional Climate ModelingCORDEX Michel Déqué
Météo-France
Thanks to C. Jones and R. Vautard
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The pre-CORDEX ERA

• Europe
• PRUDENCE (EC funded)
• ENSEMBLES (EC funded)
• North America
• PILPS
• NARCCAP
• Globe
• SGMIP (WGNE endorsed)

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CORDEX experimental design
Model Evaluation Framework
Climate Projection Framework
Multiple regions (Initial focus on Africa) 50km
resolution (higher in some regions, Europe 10km)
ERA-Interim BC 1989-2008
RCP4.5, RCP8.5
Multiple AOGCMs
Regional Analysis Regional Databanks
Projections 1951-2100 timeslices Decadal
hindcasts predictions
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CORDEX domains ( polar domains)
12 domains with a resolution of 0.44 (approx.
50x50km²) Focus on Africa High resolution
0.11x0.11 for Europe (by some institutions)
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CORDEX Africa result
Western African monsoon  montly mean
precipitation 10W-10E
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CORDEX Europe result
Heat waves JJA 90th percentile of temperature