%0 Journal Article %@nexthigherunit 8JMKD3MGPCW/43SKC35 %@holdercode {isadg {BR SPINPE} ibi 8JMKD3MGPCW/3DT298S} %3 s10584-009-9742-8.pdf %@secondarymark B1_ASTRONOMIA_/_FÍSICA A1_CIÊNCIAS_BIOLÓGICAS_I A1_ECOLOGIA_E_MEIO_AMBIENTE A1_ENGENHARIAS_I A1_GEOCIÊNCIAS A1_INTERDISCIPLINAR %D 2010 %4 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m18@80/2010/07.16.15.53 %T An intercomparison of model-simulated in extreme rainfall and temperature events during the last half of the XX century: Part 1: Mean values and variability %@usergroup administrator %@usergroup deicy %@progress ePrint update %V 98 %@affiliation %@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE/CPTEC) %@versiontype publisher %X In this study we examine the performance of eight of the IPCC AR4 global coupled climate models used in the WCRP CMIP3 Multimodel Dataset as well as their ensemble mean, in simulating annual indices of extreme temperature and precipitation climate events in South America. In this first part we focus in mean values and interannual variability. Comparisons between two extreme temperature indices based on minimum temperature (Warm nights and Frost Days) and three indices of extreme precipitation (R95t, R10 and Consecutive Dry Days), obtained from meteorological station during 1961-2000 and model outputs were compared. Warm nights and the extreme precipitation events, both indices relative to the local climate are the best represented by the GCMs. %( sid.inpe.br/mtc-m18@80/2008/07.24.14.27 %@area MET %@secondarykey INPE--PRE/ %@documentstage not transferred %K surface-temperature, observed trends, south-america, precipitation, argentina, indexes. %@archivingpolicy denypublisher denyfinaldraft12 %@doi 10.1007/s10584-009-9742-8 %@issn 0165-0009 %@group %@group DMD-CPT-INPE-MCT-BR %N 3-4 %@dissemination WEBSCI; PORTALCAPES. %P 493 - 508 %A Rusticucci, Matilde, %A Marengo, José Antonio, %A Penalba, Olga, %A Renom, Madeleine, %B Climatic Change %2 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m18@80/2010/07.16.15.54.01 %@secondarytype PRE PI