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2024
The added value of km-scale simulations to describe temperature over complex orography: the CORDEX FPS-Convection multi-model ensemble runs over the Alps
The added value of km-scale simulations to describe temperature over complex orography: the CORDEX FPS-Convection multi-model ensemble runs over the Alps
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The increase in computational resources has enabled the emergence of multi-model ensembles of convection-permitting regional climate model (CPRCM) simulations at very high horizontal resolutions. An example is the CORDEX Flagship Pilot Study on “Convective phenomena at high resolution over Europe and the Mediterranean”, a set of kilometre-scale simulations over an extended Alpine domain. This first-of-its-kind multi-model ensemble, forced by the ERA-Interim reanalysis, can be considered a benchmark dataset. This study uses a recently proposed metric to determine the added value of all the available Flagship Pilot Study hindcast kilometre-scale simulations for maximum and minimum temperature. The analysis is performed using state-of-the-art gridded and station observations as ground truth. This approach directly assesses the added value between the high-resolution CPRCMs against their driving global simulations and coarser resolution RCM counterparts. Overall, models display some modest gains, but also considerable shortcomings are exhibited. In part, these deficiencies can be attributed to the assimilation of temperature observations into ERA-Interim. Although the gains for the use of kilometre-scale resolution for temperature are limited, the improvement of the spatial representation of local atmospheric circulations and land–atmosphere interactions can ultimately lead to gains, particularly in coastal areas.
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Climate dynamics, 62 (2024), 6, 4491-4514.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06593-7.
ISSN: 1432-0894
ISSN: 0930-7575
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Soares, P. M. M., Careto, J. A. M., Cardoso, R. M., Goergen, K., Katragkou, E., Sobolowski, S., Coppola, E., Ban, N., Belušić, D., Berthou, S., Caillaud, C., Dobler, A., Hodnebrog, Ø., Kartsios, S., Lenderink, G., Lorenz, T., Milovac, J., Feldmann, H., Pichelli, E., et al. (2024). The added value of km-scale simulations to describe temperature over complex orography: the CORDEX FPS-Convection multi-model ensemble runs over the Alps. Climate dynamics, 62(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06593-7
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Regional climate modelling Kilometre-scale resolution Probability density functions Maximum and minimum temperature Added value
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@article{Soares2024,
doi = {10.1007/s00382-022-06593-7},
author = {Soares, P. M. M. and Careto, J. A. M. and Cardoso, Rita M. et al.},
title = {The added value of km-scale simulations to describe temperature over complex orography: the CORDEX FPS-Convection multi-model ensemble runs over the Alps},
journal = {Climate dynamics},
year = {2024},
volume = {62},
number = {6},
pages = {4491--4514},
}