PIRCS Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Anderson, C. J., R. W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, W. J. Gutowski, Jr., F. O. Otieno, R. da Silva, D. Caya, J. H. Christensen, D. Luthi, M. A. Gaertner, C. Gallardo, F. Giorgi, S.-Y. Hong, C. Jones, H.-M. H. Juang, J. J. Katzfey, W. M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, J. W. Larson, G. E. Liston, J. L. McGregor, R. A. Pielke, Sr., J. O. Roads, and J. A. Taylor, 2003: Hydrological processes in regional climate model simulations of the central United States flood of June-July 1993. J. Hydrometeor., 4, 584-598.

Pan, Z., J.H. Christensen, R.W. Arritt, W. J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, and F. Otenio, 2001: Evaluation of uncertainties in regional climate change simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research., 106, 17,735-17,752.

Pan, Z., R. W. Arritt, W. J. Gutowski,, and E. S. Takle, 2001: Soil moisture in regional climate models: Simulation and projection. Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters., 28, 2947-2950.

Segal, M., Z. Pan, R.W. Arritt, and E.S. Takle, 2000: On the potential change in wind power over the U.S. due to increases of atmospheric greenhouses gases. J. Renewable Energy, 24, 235-243.

Takle, E.S., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., R.W. Arritt, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, P. Lopez, J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Description and initial results. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 19,443-19,462.

Wilby, R. L., L. E. Hay, W. J. Gutowski, Jr., R. W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, G. H. Leavesley, and M. Clark, 1999: Hydrological responses to dynamically and statistically downscaled general circulation model output. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 1199-1202.

Conference Presentations

Takle, E.S., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., and R.W. Arritt, 2004: Transferability experiments for addressing challenges to understanding global water and energy budgets. Regional-Scale Climate Modeling Workshop. World Climate Research Programme. Lund Sweden.

Anderson, C.J., R.W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, J.A. Taylor, M. Dvorak, J.O. Roads, and A. Nunes. The North American Monsoon (NAM) in regional climate model simulations. 14th Conference on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Seattle, WA.

Takle, E.S. W.J. Gutowski, Jr., and R.W. Arritt, 2003: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations: Contributions to transferability. Ninth Annual GEWEX Hydrometeorology Panel Meeting, Lüneberg Germany.

Pan, Z., R.W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, C.J. Anderson, F. Otieno, R. da Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, D. Luthi, M. Fox-Rabinovitz, M.A. Gaertner, F. Giorgi, G. Grell, S.-Y. Hong, C. Jones, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G. Liston, J.L. McGregor, R.A. Pielke, Sr., J.O. Roads, J. Taylor: ON PIRCS models' consistency of dynamics with precipitation. 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate variation, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Orlando, FL, Jan. 13-18, 2002.

Arritt, R. W., C. J. Anderson, W. J. Gutowski, Jr., E. S. Takle, Z. Pan, F. Otieno, M. de Castro, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J. H. Christensen, O. B. Christensen, M. Fox-Rabinovitz, M. A. Gaertner, F. Giorgi, G. Grell, S.-Y. Hong, C. Jones, H.-M. H. Juang, J. J. Katzfey, W. M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, J. W. Larson, G. Liston, D. Luethi, P. Marbaix, J. L. McGregor, R. A. Pielke, Sr., J. O. Roads, M. Rummukainen, and J. A. Taylor, 2001: A multi-model regional climate ensemble for the 1993 flood over the Central United States. Eighth Scientific Assembly, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, 10-18 July, Innsbruck.

Bryant, S. E., E. S. Takle, Z. Pan, C. J. Anderson, W. J. Gutowski, Jr., and R. W. Arritt, 2001: Evaluation of precipitation, snow-water equivalent, daily max/min temperatures and climate feedback in a regional climate model. European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly. Nice France, 25 - 30 March 2001.

Pan, Z., R.W. Arritt, J.H. Christensen, W.J. Gutowski, and E.S. Takle, 2001: Evaluation of extreme precipitation simulation in regional climate models. European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly. Nice France, 25 - 30 March 2001.

Miller, N. I., , W.J. Gutowski Jr., Z. Pan, J. H. Christensen, R.K. Hartman, R.W. Arritt, E. S. Takle, and O. B. Christensen, 2001: Assessing California Streamflow under present day and a 2040 to 2049 climate change scenario. 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Albuquerque, NM

Kim, J., N. L. Miller, T.-K. Kim, R. W. Arritt, W. J. Gutowski, Jr., and E. S. Takle, 2001: Downscaled climate change scenario for the western U. S. using MAS-SPS Model nested within the HadCM2 scenario. 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Albuquerque, NM

Takle, E. S., Z. Pan, R. W. Arritt, and W. J. Gutowski, Jr., 2001: Changes in snow depth and soil moisture from regional climate model simulations of future scenario climates. 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Albuquerque, NM.

Arritt, R. W., R. Wilby, L. E. Hay, W. J. Gutowski, Jr., C. J. Anderson, M. P. Clark, G. H. Leavesley, Z. Pan, R. Silva, and E. S. Takle, 2000: Comparison of statistical and dynamical downscaling for evaluating climate change impacts on water resources. International Workshop on Climatic Change: Implications for the Hydrological Cycle and for Water Management. Wengen Switzerland.

Pan, Z., J.H. Christensen, R.W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, E.S. Takle, and F. Otieno, 2000: Contrasting biases in regional climate simulations to climate changes. International Conference & Young Scientist Workshop on Asian Monsoon Environmental System and Global Change, Nanjing, China, November 15-17, 2000.

Gutowski, W. J., R. W. Arritt, E. S. Takle and Z. Pan, 2000: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Lessons and Suggestions for ARCMIP. Arctic Model Intercomparison Project (ARCMIP) Planning Workshop, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, 13-15 September 2000.

Gutowski, W. J., R. W. Arritt, E. S. Takle and Z. Pan, 2000: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Lessons and Suggestions for an Asian RMIP. Regional Climate Model Inter-comparison for Asia: Inception Workshop, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea, 26-29 June 2000.

Gutowski, W. J., Pan, Z., C. J. Anderson, R. W. Arritt, F. Otieno, E. S. Takle, J. H. Christensen, and O. B. Christensen, , 2000: What RCM Data Are Available for California Impacts Modeling? (How Good Are They?). California Energy Commission Workshop on Climate Change Scenarios for California, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, California, 12 - 13 June 2000.

Pan, Z., J. H. Christensen, R. W. Arritt, W. J. Gutowski, Jr., and E. S. Takle, 2000: Ten-year US regional climate simulations for impacts assessments. 11th Symposium on Global Change Studies. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Long Beach, CA, 9-14 January 2000.

Gutowski, W.J., Jr., R.L. Wilby, L.E. Hay, C.J. Anderson, R.W. Arritt, M.P. Clark, G.H. Leavesley, Z. Pan, R. Silva, E.S. Takle, 2000: Statistical and Dynamical Downscaling of Global Model Output for U.S. National Assessment Hydrological Analyses. Eleventh Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 9-14 January 2000.

Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, F. Otieno, R. da Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, M. Fox-Rabinovitz, F. Giorgi, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G. Liston, J.L. McGregor, R.A. Pielke, Sr., and J.O. Roads, 2000: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Simulation of the 1993 flood over the central U.S. 15th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, California, 9-14 January 2000.

Gutowski, W.J., Jr., R. L. Wilby, L.E. Hay, C. J. Anderson, R.W. Arritt, M. P. Clark, G. H. Leavesley, Z. Pan, R. Silva, E. S. Takle, 1999: Statistical versus dynamical downscaling for hydrologic analysis. Workshop on Regional Climate Prediction and Downscaling Techniques for South America, Petropolis, Brazil, 8-10 September, 1999.

Gutowski, W. J., Jr., R. W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G. Liston, P. Lopez, J. McGregor, R. Pielke, Sr., J.O. Roads, and R. Silva, 1999: Lessons from the Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS) . Workshop on Regional Climate Prediction and Downscaling Techniques for South America, Petropolis, Brazil, 8-10 September, 1999.

Arritt, R.W. and D.C. Goering, 1999: Inferences of effects of global climate change on mesoscale climate over the central U.S. Eighth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boulder, Colorado, 28 June - 1 July 1999.

Gutowski, W.J., Jr., R. L. Wilby, E. S. Takle, R.W. Arritt, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G. Liston, P. Lopez, J. McGregor, R. Pielke, Sr., and J.O. Roads, 1999:A Comparison of Statistical and Dynamical Downscaling for Hydrologic Analysis. Spring 1999 AGU meeting (special session A02: Statistical Downscaling for Climate Change Impact Assessment), Boston, MA, 1-4 June 1999.

Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, P. Lopez, J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Preliminary analyses of precipitation processes. 14th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999.

Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen,J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, P. Lopez, J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Preliminary results for the 1988 Midwest drought. 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999.

Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, P. Lopez, J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1998: Use of limited area models to develop regional climate scenarios. 2nd International Specialty Conference on Global Climate Change, Air and Waste Management Association, Washington, DC, 13-15 October 1998.

Takle, E.S., Z. Pan , R.W. Arritt, and W. J. Gutowski, Jr., 1998: Regional Climate Scenarios for Water Resources Research and Impact Assessment. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Climate and Water, Espoo, Finland.

Other Reports

Gutowski, W. J., E. S. Takle and R. W. Arritt, 2001: Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Program for the United States: A White Paper

Gutowski, W. J., R. W. Arritt, E. S. Takle, Z. Pan, F. Giorgi, J. H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, W. M. Lapenta, G. E. Liston, J. McGregor, and J. O. Roads, 2000: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations: Advancing the CLIVAR Agenda. CLIVAR Exchanges, 5, No. 4 (December), 13-15.

Pollock, D. J., 2000: Comparison of daily max/min temperatueres from a regional climate model with observations. Senior Undergraduate Thesis. Iowa State University

Bryant, S. E., and E. S. Takle, 2000: Comparison of ten-year U.S. regional climate simualtions with observations. Senior Undergraduate Thesis. Iowa State University.

Falk, Miichael J., 2000: Regional climate model performance in tracking sea-level low pressure systems during the floods of 1993. Senior Undergraduate Thesis. Iowa State University.

Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, P. Lopez, J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations. Submitted for the WMO Working Group on Numerical Experimentation report series "Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling."

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