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Model evaluation paper |
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The CMIP6-downscaled CORDEX-Southeast Asia (SEA) ensemble: evaluation and benchmarking for megacities of SEA
Phuong Loan Nguyen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Climate & Atmospheric Science, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lisa V. Alexander
Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Thanh Ngo-Duc
Department of Space and Earth Sciences, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Faye Cruz
Manila Observatory, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines
Jerasorn Santisirisomboon
Ramkhamhaeng University Center of Regional Climate Change and Renewable Energy (RU-CORE), Bangkok, Thailand
Liew Juneng
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Donaldi S. Permana
Indonesia Agency of Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia
Jing Xiang Chung
Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
Julie Mae Dado
Manila Observatory, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines
John L. McGregor
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Grace Redmond
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom (UK)
Tse Wai Po
Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong
Fredolin Tangang
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
Tan Phan-Van
Faculty of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Oceanography, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Son C. H. Truong
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Marcus Thatcher
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Long Trinh-Tuan
Vietnam Academy for Water Resources (VAWR), Hanoi, Vietnam
Ummu Ma'rufah
Indonesia Agency of Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia
Jennifer Tibay
Manila Observatory, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines
Giovanni Di Virgilio
Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Climate & Atmospheric Science, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen White
Climate & Atmospheric Science, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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We present an ensemble of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6)-downscaled regional climate model simulations for Southeast Asia (1960–2100). We (1) evaluate model performance against multiple observational datasets and (2) apply a standardized benchmarking framework to identify high-performing models for further kilometer-scale dynamical downscaling over Southeast Asian megacities. This effort supports the development and use of reliable regional climate projections.
We present an ensemble of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6)-downscaled...
