@article{fdi:010089860,
  title = {{CLARIS} {P}roject : towards climate downscaling in {S}outh {A}merica},
  author = {{M}enendez, {C}. {G}. and de {C}astro, {M}. and {S}orensson, {A}. and {B}oulanger, {J}ean-{P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e explore the bias in monthly and seasonal mean precipitation simulated by ensembles of different regional climate models over {S}outh {A}merica within the context of the {EU}-{FP}6 {CLARIS} project ({A} {E}urope-{S}outh {A}merica {N}etwork for {C}limate {C}hange {A}ssessment and {I}mpact {S}tudies). {W}e briefly described two series of coordinated simulations: (i) {C}ase studies of anomalous months for south-eastern {S}outh {A}merica performed with an ensemble of six models, and (ii) {A} multiyear simulation of the period 1991-2000 performed by four models. {T}he models have been forced with the {E}uropean {C}entre for {M}edium {R}ange {W}eather {F}orecasting {R}eanalysis ({ERA}-40) and are compared to observational data compiled by the {C}limatic {R}esearch {U}nit ({CRU}). {T}he ensemble-mean bias can be large when simulating particular extreme periods in {L}a {P}lata {B}asin. {O}ur multi-model analysis suggests that even though the ten-year ensemble mean is able to capture the major regional characteristics of seasonal mean precipitation for {S}outh {A}merica, models individually display considerable precipitation biases especially in tropical areas. {T}he relatively good performance of the multimodel annual average over {L}a {P}lata {B}asin results from the cancelation of offsetting errors in the individual models.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}eteorologische {Z}eitschrift},
  volume = {19},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {357--362},
  ISSN = {0941-2948},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1127/0941-2948/2010/0459},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089860},
}