Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1887-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1887-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
Model evaluation paper
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06 Apr 2023
Model evaluation paper |  | 06 Apr 2023

The impact of lateral boundary forcing in the CORDEX-Africa ensemble over southern Africa

Maria Chara Karypidou, Stefan Pieter Sobolowski, Lorenzo Sangelantoni, Grigory Nikulin, and Eleni Katragkou

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Southern Africa is listed among the climate change hotspots; hence, accurate climate change information is vital for the optimal preparedness of local communities. In this work we assess the degree to which regional climate models (RCMs) are influenced by the global climate models (GCMs) from which they receive their lateral boundary forcing. We find that although GCMs exert a strong impact on RCMs, RCMs are still able to display substantial improvement relative to the driving GCMs.
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