Downscaling Climate Models: Sharpening the Focus on Local-Level Changes

摘要

Most climate change projections are developed using global-scale models that generate average temperature changes that can be expected to occur over decades and far into the future. These global models are unable to represent granular atmospheric features such as cloud cover, airborne particles, and local pollution sources. Yet these smaller details can have a big impact on local climate, which is one reason the effects of climate change are expected to vary depending on geographic location.