COSMO-CLM is actually titled the COSMO model in CLimate Mode. COSMO is a weather prediction model developed by a group titled the COnsortium for SMall Scale MOdeling. The Climate Limited Area Modelling Community consists of a number of universities and research institutes, spanning Europe and including partners in Africa, North and South America, and Asia. COSMO-CLM (or just CCLM) is a regional climate model based on a model from the German Weather Service. The model was developed for the purposes of weather forcasting, but can be used for studies of climate change and adaptation.
This toolbox entry has been labelled with the following tags:
| Sector: | climate | |
| Spatial scale: | regional | |
| Temporal focus: | future | |
| Onset: | slow | |
| Role in decision process: | diagnostic | |
| Level of skills required: | high | |
| Data requirements: | high | |
| Adaptation tasks: | Potential impact projection |
CCLM is designed to be used at spatial resolutions between 1 and 50 km, and temporal scales up to centuries. The applications of the modeling system are varied, recent work includes analysis of summer monsoons in East Asia, modeling precipitation patterns in Africa, and assessing patterns of European heatwaves, among many others. For a full list of research and publications, see the links in the references below.
The CCLM model system is not available for use by anyone outside of the consortium research groups. There are however quite a large number of downloads and a large amount of documentation available explaining the processes and use of the tool, which can be found at the consortium website. The tool is quite complex and requires a great deal of expertise to use.
http://www.clm-community.eu/index.php?menuid=1
Kaspar, F., U. Cubasch: Simulation of East African precipitation patterns with the regional climate model CLM, Meteorol. Z., 17 (4), 511-518.
Dobler, A., B. Ahrens, 2011: Four climate change scenarios for the Indian summer monsoon by the regional climate model COSMO-CLM. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 116, D24104, 13 PP., DOI:10.1029/2011JD016329.
Fischer, E.M. and Schär, C., 2010: Consistent geographical patterns of changes in high-impact European heatwaves. Nature Geoscience, 3, 398-403, doi:10.1038/ngeo866.
