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MESMAR v1: a new regional coupled climate model for downscaling, predictability, and data assimilation studies in the Mediterranean region
Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), National Research Council
(CNR), Rome, Italy
National Research Center for High Performance Computing,
Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
Yassmin Hesham Essa
Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), National Research Council
(CNR), Rome, Italy
Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate (CLAC), Agricultural
Research Center (ARC), Cairo, Egypt
Vincenzo de Toma
Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), National Research Council
(CNR), Rome, Italy
Alessandro Anav
National Research Center for High Performance Computing,
Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and
Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Rome, Italy
Gianmaria Sannino
National Research Center for High Performance Computing,
Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and
Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Rome, Italy
Rosalia Santoleri
Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), National Research Council
(CNR), Rome, Italy
Chunxue Yang
Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), National Research Council
(CNR), Rome, Italy
National Research Center for High Performance Computing,
Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
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Short summary
Regional climate models are a fundamental tool for a very large number of applications and are being increasingly used within climate services, together with other complementary approaches. Here, we introduce a new regional coupled model, intended to be later extended to a full Earth system model, for climate investigations within the Mediterranean region, coupled data assimilation experiments, and several downscaling exercises (reanalyses and long-range predictions).
Regional climate models are a fundamental tool for a very large number of applications and are...
