We have analyzed the teleconnection of total cloud fraction (TCF) with global sea surface temperature (SST) in multi-model ensembles (MME) fifth and sixth Coupled Model Intercomparison Projects (CMIP5 CMIP6). CMIP6-MME has a more robust realistic (TCF SST) pattern over extra-tropics (R ~ 0.43) North Atlantic 0.39) region, which turn resulted an improvement rainfall bias Asian summer monsoon (AS...

Regional climate models (RCMs) in general can simulate the characteristics of heavy/extreme precipitation more accurately than general circulation models (GCMs) as a result of more realistic representation of topography and mesoscale processes. An analogue method of statistical downscaling, which identifies the resolved large-scale atmospheric conditions associated with heavy precipitation, is ...

The planetary boundary layer turbulence and moist convection parameterizations have been modified recently in the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Model E2 atmospheric general circulation model (GCM; post-CMIP5, hereafter P5). In this study, single column model (SCM P5) simulated cloud fractions (CFs), cloud liquid water paths (LWPs) and precipitation were compared with Atmospher...

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is backing an international initiative called the COordinated Regional climate Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX). The goal of the initiative is to provide regionally downscaled climate projections for most land regions of the globe, as a compliment to the global climate model projections performed within the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (...

Abstract ‘Flash drought’ (FD) describes the rapid onset of drought on sub-seasonal times scales. It is particular interest for agriculture as it can deplete soil moisture crop growth in just a few weeks. To better understand processes causing FD, we evaluate importance evaporative demand and precipitation by comparing three different indices that estimate this hazard using meteorological hydrol...

While the popularity and feasibility of solar power have increased toward achieving a low-carbon climate-resilient society, it is uncertain how changes in climate attributes will affect future potential output. This study presents comparative assessment terms technology for harnessing energy from insolation (PVP vs CSP), projections (CMIP5 CMIP6), emission scenarios. Both CMIP5 CMIP6 multi-mode...

Based on the observational dataset CN05.1 and Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), this study assesses performance of CMIP5 CMIP6 projects in projecting mean precipitation at annual seasonal timescales Yangtze River Basin China over period 2015–2020 under medium emission scenarios (RCP4.5/SSP2-4.5). Results indicate that multi-model ensemble (MME) overall has lower relative bias root-m...