Open AccessPerspektief vir genestelde klimaatmodellering oor suidelike Afrika
Author(s) -
François Engelbrecht
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v19i2.744
Subject(s) - mesoscale meteorology , climatology , general circulation model , climate model , scale (ratio) , circulation (fluid dynamics) , meteorology , environmental science , geography , climate change , geology , cartography , oceanography , physics , thermodynamics
The climate of southern Africa is fundamentally affected by mesoscale circulation patterns that are not adequately simulated by global atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs). The technique of nested climate modelling (NCM) utilises high-resolution limited area models (LAMs) to obtain climate simulations of the mesoscale from essentially synoptical scale AGCM results