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Appendix 10.3:

List of regional climate model simulations of duration longer than 3 months nested within a GCM climate change simulation; also including oceanic RCMs (O-RCM) and variable resolution GCMs (var.res.GCM).

References Grid size Duration Region
a) Individual January/July 2xCO2 simulations
Giorgi et al. (1992) 70 km 5x1 month Europe
McGregor and Walsh (1994) 60 km 10x1 month Tasmania
Rotach et al. (1997) 20 km 5x1 month Europe (Alps)
b) Seasonally-varying 2xCO2 time-slice simulations
Giorgi et al. (1994) 60 km 3.5 years USA
Hirakuchi and Giorgi (1995) 50 km 5 years East Asia
McGregor et al. (1995) 125 km 10 years Australasia
Giorgi et al. (1997) 50 km 3 years Europe
Jones et al. (1997) 50 km 10 years Europe
Dèquè et al. (1998) About 60 km 10 years Europe (var.res.GCM)
Giorgi et al. (1998) 50 km 5 years USA
Joubert et al. (1998) 125 km 10 years Southern Africa
Laprise et al. (1998) 45 km 5 years West Canada
Machenhauer et al. (1998) 19 to 70 km 5 to 30 years Europe
McGregor et al. (1998) 44 km 10 years South-east Asia
Renwick et al. (1998) 50 km 10 years New Zealand
Kauker (1998) 15 km 5 years North Sea (O-RCM)
Räisänen et al. (1999) 44 km 10 years Europe
Hassel and Jones (1999) 50 km 20 years Indian monsoon
Gallardo et al. (1999) 50 km 10 years Iberian Peninsula
Haugen et al. (1999) 55 km 20 years North-west Europe
Leung and Ghan (1999b) 90 km 8 years North-west USA
Pan et al. (2000) 55 km 2x10 years USA
Kato et al. (2001) 50 km 10 years East Asia
Gao et al. (2000) 60 km 5 year China
c) Seasonally-varying fully transient CO2 simulations
McGregor et al. (1999) 125 km 140 years Australasia
McGregor et al. (1999) 60 km 140 years South-east Australia
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