Dynamically downscaled global climate models over the Western United States using the Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research Model

William Ryan Currier1, Ethan D Gutmann2, Rachel Rose McCrary3, Mimi Hughes4, Bert Kruyt3, Abigail Smith2, Kelly M Mahoney5, Rebecca Smith6, Seth Shanahan7 and James R Prairie8, (1)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration, Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Hydrometeorological Applications Program, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)NOAA/ESRL/PSL, Boulder, United States, (6)Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder, United States, (7)Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV, United States, (8)Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Boulder, CO, United States