Regional 14 : Southeast Asia
SEACLID/CORDEX SEA Domain
(85.5°E-146.6°E, 15°S-27°N)
(Illustration Courtesy of Hadley Centre ULMO)
The Southeast Asia Regional Climate Downscaling (SEACLID) / Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) Southeast Asia project is a bottom-up initiative by scientists within and outside the Southeast Asia region. Initiated in November 2013, the SEACLID project was established by climate scientists from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and Lao PDR, led by Professor Fredolin Tangang of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM, Malaysia) with funding from the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN). Subsequently after its inception, SEACLID was streamlined into CORDEX, a programme under the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and jointly sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), and the International Council for Science (ICSU). SEACLID was then renamed as SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia and became the 14th domain of CORDEX.
SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia now also involves scientists from countries outside the region including Australia, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong SAR and South Korea. With additional funding from some countries involved in the project, SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia has successfully completed more than 30 regional climate simulations at 25 km resolution over the Southeast Asia domain (see below) using multiple climate models and emission scenarios (see Table of simulation matrix).
The first phase of SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia project will end in June 2018. However, with continued funding support from the APN, the second phase of the project will continue until 2020, headed by Asst. Prof. Dr. Jerasorn Santisirisomboon of Ramkhamhaeng University Center of Regional Climate Change and Renewable Energy (RU-CORE, Thailand). In the second phase simulations will be done to further downscale climate projections at 5 km resolution over a number of key regions within Southeast Asia.
| Contribution by Country | General Circulation Model (GCM) | Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) | Regional Climate Model (RCM) |
| Vietnam | CNRM-CM5 (CNRM, France) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy) |
| Philippines | HadGEM2 (Hadley Centre, UK) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy) |
| Thailand | MPI-ESM-MR (MPI-M, Germany) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy) |
| Thailand | EC-Earth (EC-Earth, Consortium) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy) |
| Indonesia | CSIRO MK3.6 (CSIRO, Australia) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy) |
| Malaysia* | CanESM2 (CCCMA, Canada) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy) |
| Malaysia | IPSL-CM5A-LR (IPSL, France) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy) |
| Malaysia | GFDL-ESM2M (GFDL, USA.) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy) |
| South Korea | HAdGEM2-AO (Hadley Centre, UK) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | WRF (NCAR, USA.) |
| Sweden | CNRM-CM5 (CNRM, France) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RCA4 (SMHI, Sweden) |
| Sweden | HAdGEM2-ES (Hadley Centre, UK) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RCA4 (SMHI, Sweden) |
| Australia** | CNRM-CM5 (CNRM, France) | RCP8.5 | CCAM (CSIRO, Australia) |
| Australia** | CCSM4 (NCAR, USA.) | RCP8.5 | CCAM (CSIRO, Australia) |
| Australia** | ACCESS1.3 (CSIRO, Australia) | RCP8.5 | CCAM (CSIRO, Australia) |
| Hong Kong SAR*** | ESM2M (GFDL, USA) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | RegCM4 (ICTP, Italy |
| United Kingdom | HAdGEM2-ES (Hadley Centre, UK) | RCP8.5 | PRECIS(Hadley Centre, UK) |
| Germany*** | MPI-ESM-LR (MPI-M, Germany) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | ROM (MPI-M, Germany) |
| Japan | MRI-AGCM3.2 (MRI, Japan) | RCP8.5, 4.5 | NHRCM (MRI, Japta) |
We encourage the use of the SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia. However, its free usage is only limited to research and non-commercial activities. Commercial and consultancy works must request permission from data provider and project leader.
The use of SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia data must come with the following acknowledgment in all publications using the data:
"The downscaled data is product of the SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia Project (ARCP2015-04CMY-Tangang) and SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia Phase 2: High-resolution analysis of climate extreme over key areas in Southeast Asia Project (CRRP2016-2MY-Santisirisomboon) funded by the Asia-Pacific Networks for Global Change Research (APN)."
and citation of the following papers:
Juneng L, Tangang F, Chung JX, Ngai ST, Tay TW, Narisma G, Cruz F, Phan-Van T, Ngo-Duc T, Santisirisomboon J, Singhruck P, Gunawan D, Aldrian E. 2016. Sensitivity of the Southeast Asia Rainfall Simulations to Cumulus and Air-Sea Flux Parameterizations in RegCM4. Climate Research, 69: 59-77, doi:10.3354/cr01386.
Ngo-Duc T, Tangang FT, Santisirisomboon J, Cruz F, Trinh-Tuan L, Nguyen-Xuan T, Phan-Van T, Juneng L, Narisma G, Singhruck P, Gunawan D, Aldrian E. 2017. Performance evaluation of RegCM4 in simulating extreme rainfall and temperature indices over the CORDEX-Southeast Asia Region. International Journal of Climatology, 37: 1634-1647, doi: 10.1002/joc.4803
Cruz FT, Narisma GT, Dado JB, Singhruck P, Tangang F, Linarka UA, Wati T, Juneng L, Phan-Van T, Ngo-Duc T, Santisirisomboon J, Gunawan D, Aldrian E. 2017. Sensitivity of temperature to physical parameterization schemes of RegCM4 over the CORDEX-Southeast Asia region. International Journal of Climatology, 37: 5139-5153, doi:10.1002/joc.5151.
Tangang, F., Supari, S., Chung, J., Cruz, F., Salimun, E., Ngai, S., . . . Hein-Griggs, D. (2018). Future changes in annual precipitation extremes over Southeast Asia under global warming of 2°C. APN Science Bulletin, 8(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2018.436
* The uploading of data of all simulations to SEACLID/CORDEX Southeast Asia ESGF Data Node is currently ongoing and expected to be completed before end of 2019
Information of variables |
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Short name |
Variable Description |
units |
| evspsbl | Surface Evaporation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| huss | Near-Surface Specific Humidity | 1 |
| hurs | Near-Surface Relative Humidity | % |
| mrro | Total runoff | kg m-2 S-1 |
| sfcWind | Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1 |
| prc | Convective Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| ps | Surface Pressure | Pa |
| pr | Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| tas | Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| hus850 | Specific Humidity at 850 hPa | 1 |
| ta200 | Temperature at 200 hPa | K |
| ta500 | Temperature at 500 hPa | K |
| ua200 | Zonal (eastward) wind at 200 hPa | m s-1 |
| ua500 | Zonal (eastward) wind at 500 hPa | m s-1 |
| ua850 | Zonal (eastward) wind at 850 hPa | m s-1 |
| va200 | Meridional (northward) wind at 200 hPa | m s-1 |
| va500 | Meridional (northward) wind at 500 hPa | m s-1 |
| va850 | Meridional (northward) wind at 850 hPa | m s-1 |
| zg200 | Geopotential Height at 200 hPa | m |
| zg500 | Geopotential Height at 500 hPa | m |
| sfcWindmax | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1 |
| tasmax | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| tasmin | Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| uas | Eastward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
| vas | Northward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
Information of variables |
||
|---|---|---|
Short name |
Variable Description |
units |
| evspsbl | Surface Evaporation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| huss | Near-Surface Specific Humidity | 1 |
| hurs | Near-Surface Relative Humidity | % |
| mrro | Total runoff | kg m-2 S-1 |
| sfcWind | Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1 |
| prc | Convective Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| ps | Surface Pressure | Pa |
| pr | Precipitation | kg m-2 s-1 |
| tas | Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| hus850 | Specific Humidity at 850 hPa | 1 |
| ta200 | Temperature at 200 hPa | K |
| ta500 | Temperature at 500 hPa | K |
| ua200 | Zonal (eastward) wind at 200 hPa | m s-1 |
| ua500 | Zonal (eastward) wind at 500 hPa | m s-1 |
| ua850 | Zonal (eastward) wind at 850 hPa | m s-1 |
| va200 | Meridional (northward) wind at 200 hPa | m s-1 |
| va500 | Meridional (northward) wind at 500 hPa | m s-1 |
| va850 | Meridional (northward) wind at 850 hPa | m s-1 |
| zg200 | Geopotential Height at 200 hPa | m |
| zg500 | Geopotential Height at 500 hPa | m |
| sfcWindmax | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Wind Speed | m s-1 |
| tasmax | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| tasmin | Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature | K |
| uas | Eastward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
| vas | Northward Near-Surface Wind | m s-1 |
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