Climate Models and their Limitations (Precipitation)

Click on the links below to access reviews of the scientific literature on this topic that have been published since the 2009 NIPCC report.

More Intense Precipitation Extremes: Are They Linked to Human Activity? (24 April 2012)
Extreme Rainfall Events Throughout the Himalayas (24 April 2012)
Water-Year Runoff of the Conterminous United States: 1900-2008 (10 April 2012)
Snowfall Regimes within the Italian Alps (24 January 2012)
State-of-the-Art Climate Models and Extreme Meteorological Events and Consequences (2 August 2011)
Precipitation Extremes Along North America's West Coast (22 June 2011)
The Climatic Impacts of Precipitating Ice and Snow (27 April 2011)
Regional Climate Change: How Well to the IPCC Models Really Perform? (20 April 2011)
The Importance of the Oceans and Topography in Climate Simulations (19 April 2011)
Simulating 21st-Century Precipitation (23 February 2011)
Climate Model Problems: Clouds and Precipitation (16 February 2011)
Temperature and Precipitation Extremes: Models vs. Reality (15 February 2011)
Climate Models Fail to Match Observed Historical Data (25 January 2011)
Precipitation: Models vs. Reality (25 January 2011)
Regional Climate Models Differ in Extreme Precipitation Event Forecasts (26 August 2010)