CORDEX CENTRAL ASIA

DOMAIN SPECIFICATIONS

A) For rotated polar RCMs (in rotated coordinates):

RotPole (256.61; 43.48)
TLC (325.68; 22.88)
Nx=153
Ny=100

B) For non-rotated polar RCMs (in actual coordinates):

TLC (11.05; 54.76)
CNB (73.15; 69.37)
TRC (139.13; 56.48)
CWB (120.10; 39.45)
CPD (74.64; 47.82)
CEB (119.82; 30.07)
BLC (42.41; 18.34)
CSB (75.24; 25.83)
BRC (108.44; 19.39)

POINT OF CONTACT

Levent Kurnaz
Boğaziçi University
Istanbul, Turkey
levent.kurnaz@boun.edu.tr

CORDEX GOALS
  1. To better understand relevant regional/local climate phenomena, their variability and changes, through downscaling.
  2. To evaluate and improve regional climate downscaling models and techniques
  3. To produce coordinated sets of regional downscaled projections worldwide
  4. To foster communication and knowledge exchange with users of regional climate information
CONTRIBUTORS
Acronym Contributor Country Contact
BOUN Bogazici University, Istanbul Turkey Levent Kurnaz
SIMULATIONS STATUS
Institute ID Model Resolution Driving Model ID Experiment Period Status
BOUN RegCM4-3 0.44 deg MPI-ESM-MR rcp45 2006-2100 DONE
BOUN RegCM4-3 0.44 deg MPI-ESM-MR rcp85 2006-2100 DONE
BOUN RegCM4-3 0.44 deg HadGEM2-ES rcp45 2006-2100 DONE
BOUN RegCM4-3 0.44 deg HadGEM2-ES rcp85 2006-2100 DONE
OUTREACH

Spinoni, J., P. Barbosa, E. Bucchignani, J. Cassano, T. Cavazos, J.H. Christensen, O.B. Christensen, E. Coppola, J. Evans, B. Geyer, F. Giorgi, P. Hadjinicolaou, D. Jacob, J. Katzfey, T. Koenigk, R. Laprise, C.J. Lennard, M.L. Kurnaz, D. Li, M. Llopart, N. McCormick, G. Naumann, G. Nikulin, T. Ozturk, H. Panitz, R. Porfirio da Rocha, B. Rockel, S.A. Solman, J. Syktus, F. Tangang, C. Teichmann, R. Vautard, J.V. Vogt, K. Winger, G. Zittis, and A. Dosio, 2020: Future Global Meteorological Drought Hot Spots: A Study Based on CORDEX Data. J. Climate, 33, 3635–3661, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0084.1

Ozturk, T., Turp, M. T., Türkeş, M., & Kurnaz, M. L. (2017). Projected changes in temperature and precipitation climatology of Central Asia CORDEX Region 8 by using RegCM4.3.5. Atmospheric Research, 183, 296–307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.09.008

Ozturk, T., Altinsoy, H., Türkeş, M., & Kurnaz, M. L. (2012). Simulation of temperature and precipitation climatology for the Central Asia CORDEX domain using RegCM 4.0. Climate Research, 52(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01082