A Global Climate Model (GCM) can provide reliable prediction information on scales of around 1000 by 1000 km covering what could be a vastly differing landscape (from very mountainous to flat coastal plains for example) with greatly varying potential for floods, droughts or other extreme events. (smhi.se)
As Hurricane Sandy approached New York City in late October last year, the residents in Zone A — the low - lying areas with the most potential for flooding — were ordered to evacuate by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (artnews.com)
Global climate models (ESMs or GCMs) can provide climate information on scales of around 1000 by 1000 km (with grid resolution of 100's of km) covering what could be a vastly differing landscape (from very mountainous to flat coastal plains for example) with greatly varying potential for floods, droughts or other extreme events. (climateurope.eu)