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Evaluation of EURO-CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment for the Euro-Mediterranean area) historical simulations by high-quality observational datasets in southern Italy: insights on drought assessment
David J. Peres
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of
Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
Alfonso Senatore
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria,
Arcavacata di Rende (CS), 87036, Italy
Paola Nanni
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of
Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
Antonino Cancelliere
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of
Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
Giuseppe Mendicino
Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Calabria,
Arcavacata di Rende (CS), 87036, Italy
Brunella Bonaccorso
Department of Engineering, University of Messina, St Agata, Messina,
98166, Italy
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Regional climate models (RCMs) are commonly used for high-resolution assessment of climate change impacts. This research assesses the reliability of several RCMs in a Mediterranean area (southern Italy), comparing historic climate and drought characteristics with
high-density and high-quality ground-based observational datasets. We propose a general methodology and identify the more skilful models able to reproduce precipitation and temperature variability as well as drought characteristics.
Regional climate models (RCMs) are commonly used for high-resolution assessment of climate...
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