Topic
Climate models research, explained
4 open-access climate models studies, each with a flashcard deck and a quiz.
- Regional extreme sensitivity similar in CMIP5 and 6
CMIP6 and CMIP5 agree on how hot days, cold nights, and heavy rain scale with global warming, even though global climate sensitivity differs.
- Europe’s first continent-wide 2.2 km rain projections
A 2.2 km convection-permitting model projects wetter northern winters and drier summers, with summer hourly extremes unlike coarser GCMs.
- How well CMIP6 captures North American storm pulses
An Eulerian three-parameter storm metric shows CMIP6 GCMs share cyclone biases versus ERA5, while 12 km CRCM6 is usually closest.
- Finer climate models capture South Asian monsoon rain better
High-resolution HighResMIP runs reduce dry bias and better match monsoon timing and intensity in the Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna basin.