1. Regional Climate Modeling CORDEX Michel Déqué Météo-France
Thanks to C. Jones and R. Vautard

2. The pre-CORDEX ERA Europe: PRUDENCE (EC funded) ENSEMBLES (EC funded)
North America:
PILPS
NARCCAP
Globe:
SGMIP (WGNE endorsed)
SGMIP=Stretched Grid Models Intercomparison Project

3. CORDEX experimental design Projections 1951-2100 + timeslices
Model Evaluation
Framework
Climate Projection
Framework
Multiple regions (Initial focus on Africa)
50km resolution (higher in some regions, Europe: 10km)
ERA-Interim BC
RCP4.5, RCP8.5
Cordex stands for COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment
Cordex is co-chaired by F. Giorgi and Colin Jones
Cordex main data archive:
Cordex also includes statistical downscaling (B. Hewitson chair)
First pan-Cordex meeting in Trieste March 2011
Multiple AOGCMs
Regional Analysis
Regional Databanks
Projections timeslices
Decadal hindcasts & predictions

4. CORDEX domains (+ polar domains)
• 12 domains with a resolution of 0.44° (approx. 50x50km²)
• Focus on Africa
• High resolution ~0.11°x0.11° for Europe (by some institutions) 4

5. CORDEX Africa result
Western African monsoon : montly mean precipitation 10°W-10°E
This result has been recently published
Nikulin, G., C. Jones, F. Giorgi, G. Asrar, M. Büchner, R. Cerezo-Mota, O.
Christensen, M. Déqué, J. Fernandez, A. Haensler, E. van Meijgaard, P.
Samuelsson, M. Sylla, and L. Sushama, 2012: Precipitation Climatology in An Ensemble of CORDEX-Africa Regional Climate Simulations. J. Climate.
doi: /JCLI-D , in press.
It features various Cordex models driven by ERA interim reanalyses

6. CORDEX Europe result Heat waves :JJA 90th percentile of temperature
This result will be submitted very soon by R. Vautard
It features various Cordex models driven by ERA interim reanalyses
Heat waves :JJA 90th percentile of temperature