CORDEX Mediterranean
Within the MED-CORDEX and HYMEX projects several institutes all over Europe are investigating regional climate simulation in the Mediterranean.
Model domain
For the Mediterranean, the simulations are performed on a rotated grid with the pole at 162°W longitude and 39.25°N latitude. The domain covers approximately the region from about 27°W to 58°E longitude and 21°N to 60°N latitude.
For MED-CORDEX the simulations were carried out mainly with a grid spacing of 0.44° (approx. 50 km) to enable a large ensemble. Several modeling groups perform simulations with about 10-km horizontal grid spacing. In addition, an ERA-Interim driven evaluation run with COSMO-CLM has also been performed with a grid spacing of 0.088° (approx. 9 km).
Contributing partners from the CLM-Community
Bodo Ahrens (GUF, Frankfurt)
Simulations performed by the CLM-Community
Runs at 0.44° (approx. 50 km)
Evaluation runs were performed at the Goethe University Frankfurt using ERA-Interim data as boundary forcing for the time period 1989 - 2008 using the same COSMO-CLM configuration as for EURO-CORDEX, and for 1979-2012 with the CORDEX-Africa configuration. The climate projections are carried out using the COSMO-CLM configuration that has also been used for the CORDEX-Africa simulations.
GCM | Historical 1949 -2005 | RCP 4.5 2006-2100 | RCP 8.5 2006-2100 |
|---|---|---|---|
MPI-ESM-LR r1 | GUF - finished | GUF - finished | GUF - finished |
Model Setup
Version: INT2LM1.10_clm6 (ERA-Interim) and INT2LM1.20_clm3 (scenarios) / CCLM4.8_clm18
Configuration outputs of the ERA-Interim driven simulation:
Runs at 0.088° (approx. 10 km)
At the Goethe University Frankfurt an additional evaluation run with the EURO-CORDEX configuration using ERA-Interim data as boundary forcing was performed for the time period 1989 - 2008.
Model Setup
Version: INT2LM1.10_clm6 / CCLM4.8_clm18
Configuration outputs of the ERA-Interim driven simulation: