Summary
This paper presents a continental-scale convection-permitting modelling framework for simulating North American climate at kilometre-scale resolution, enabling explicit representation of convective storms and mesoscale precipitation features. The work uses such high-resolution simulations to evaluate current climate fidelity and project changes in precipitation intensity, frequency, and extremes under future climate scenarios. Although primarily a climate science contribution, the fine-scale precipitation and temperature projections are relevant to agricultural water availability and extreme-weather risk assessment across farming regions.
UK applicability
The modelling methodology and convection-permitting approach are transferable to UK and European climate research; however, the geographic domain and North American parameterisation limit direct applicability to UK farming systems. The techniques may inform development of similar high-resolution climate projections for UK agricultural planning.
Key measures
High-resolution (≤4 km grid spacing) simulations of precipitation, temperature, wind, and convective processes; comparison of current-climate and future-climate scenarios
Outcomes reported
The study employed convection-permitting climate models to simulate current and projected future climate conditions across North America, with emphasis on precipitation and extreme weather patterns.
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