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Updates from the CORDEX regions

South–America

Silvina A. SolmanCORDEX SAT - South America

CIMA (CONICET-UBA) – DCAO (FCEyN-UBA)CORDEX Science Advisory Team 1st Session

Trieste - Italy, 16 1-17 May 2014

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CORDEX –South AmericaRecent activitiesScientific developmentsData dissemination Funding

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Recent activities

ICSU Grant (May 2013-April 2014) WCRP in parternship with CLIVAR/VAMOS (Co -sponsored by: IAI, 5Cs and WCRP)

Regional Climate Downscaling over South America, Central America and the Caribbean: A coordinated effort to pursue Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation studies in the region

2 Training Workshops

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ICSU

WCRP VAMOS/CORDEX Workshop on

Latin-America and Caribbean CORDEX LAC: Phase I – South America

A partnership between CLIVAR/VAMOS and CORDEX11th-13th September 2013, Lima -Perú

Hosted by the IGP (Lima, Perú)

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• 70 participants from 19 countries (50% were early-career scientists)

Main outcomes• Identify VIA, climate modelling on-going studies and user knowledge needs within the region ;• Develop a regional network from Latin America and the Caribbean communities;•Training participants on identifying vulnerability and risk, developing skills in integrating and communicating climate related risk and the appropriate policy responses;• CORDEX-LAC mailing list: cordexlac_list@cima.fcen.uba.ar

WCRP VAMOS/CORDEX Workshop on

Latin-America and Caribbean CORDEX LAC: Phase I – South America

11th-13th September 2013, Lima -Perú

http://www.cima.fcen.uba.ar/LAC-CORDEX/

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WCRP VAMOS/CORDEX Workshop on

Latin-America and Caribbean CORDEX LAC: Phase II – The Caribbean

A partnership between CLIVAR/VAMOS and CORDEX7th-9th April 2014, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Hosted by the ONAMET (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

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WCRP VAMOS/CORDEX Workshop on

Latin-America and Caribbean CORDEX LAC: Phase II – The Caribbean

7-9 April 2014, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Main outcomesImproved training and analysis skills;Enhanced synthesis and relevance of regional climate information and projections;Improved understanding of potential vulnerabilities and impacts of global change at the regional scale;

http://www.cima.fcen.uba.ar/LACII-CORDEX/• 40 participants from 18

countries• Training activity focused on approaches for developing useful climate-relevant messages for policy development.

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CORDEX –South AmericaRecent activitiesScientific developmentsData dissemination Funding

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CORDEX- South America simulationsRCM/ GCM ERA-

Interim1979-2008

Histrorical

1950-2005

RCP8.52006-2100

RCP4.52006-2100

RCP2.62006-2100

REMO/MPI-ESM ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

LMDZ/IPSL-CM5A ✔ ✔ ✔

RCA/EC-Earth ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

RegCM4/HadGEM2 ✔ ✔ ✔

RegCM4/MPI ✔ ✔ ✔

RegCM4/GFDL ✔ ✔ ✔

PRECIS V2/HadGem

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HadGEM3-RA /CMIP5

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COSMO ✔ ✔ ✔

WRF/IPSL ✔

✔ Available at ESGF

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Scientific developementsAnalysis of the ERA-Interim driven

simulations mainly focused on model evaluation issues.

On-going analysis of the RegCM4 scenario simulations .

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FundingNo funding available for CORDEX South

America!!