Intercomparison of hydrologic processes in global climate models
In this report, the authors address the intercomparison of precipitation (P), evaporation (E), and surface hydrologic forcing (P-E) for 23 Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) general circulation models (GCM`s) including relevant observations, over a variety of spatial and temporal scales. The intercomparison includes global and hemispheric means, latitudinal profiles, selected area means for the tropics and extratropics, ocean and land, respectively. In addition, they have computed anomaly pattern correlations among models and observations for different seasons, harmonic analysis for annual and semiannual cycles, and rain-rate frequency distribution. They also compare the joint influence of temperature and precipitation on local climate using the Koeppen climate classification scheme.
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (United States). Goddard Space Flight Center
- OSTI ID:
- 63741
- Report Number(s):
- N--95-26341; NASA-TM--104617; NAS--1.15:104617
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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