An Overview of Two-Decade-Long Convection Permitting Regional Climate Downscaling over the Continental South America

Changhai Liu1, Kyoko Ikeda2, Roy Rasmussen2, Francina Dominguez3, Andreas F Prein4, Jimy Dudhia5, Fei Chen6 and South America Affinity Group (SAAG), (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NCAR/RAL, Boulder, United States, (3)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NCAR, MMM, Boulder, United States, (6)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States