DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1568-9
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84884704659
论文题名: Does increasing the spatial resolution of a regional climate model improve the simulated daily precipitation?
作者: Chan S.C. ; Kendon E.J. ; Fowler H.J. ; Blenkinsop S. ; Ferro C.A.T. ; Stephenson D.B.
刊名: Climate Dynamics
ISSN: 9307575
出版年: 2013
卷: 41, 期: 2017-05-06 起始页码: 1475
结束页码: 1495
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Dynamical downscaling
; High resolution models
; Hydroclimate
; Precipitation
英文摘要: Three different resolution (50, 12, and 1.5 km) regional climate model simulations are compared in terms of their ability to simulate moderate and high daily precipitation events over the southern United Kingdom. The convection-permitting 1.5-km simulation is carried out without convective parametrisation. As in previous studies, increasing resolution (especially from 50 to 12 km) is found to improve the representation of orographic precipitation. The 50-km simulation underestimates mean precipitation over the mountainous region of Wales, and event intensity tends to be too weak; this bias is reduced in both the 12- and 1.5-km simulations for both summer and winter. In south-east England lowlands where summer extremes are mostly convective, increasing resolution does not necessary lead to an improvement in the simulation. For the 12-km simulation, simulated daily extreme events are overly intense. Even though the average intensity of summer daily extremes is improved in the 1.5-km simulation, this simulation has a poorer mean bias with too many events exceeding high thresholds. Spatial density and clustering of summer extremes in south-east England are poorly simulated in both the 12- and 1.5-km simulations. In general, we have not found any clear evidence to show that the 1.5-km simulation is superior to the 12-km simulation, or vice versa at the daily level. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/54809
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作者单位: School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom; College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Chan S.C.,Kendon E.J.,Fowler H.J.,et al. Does increasing the spatial resolution of a regional climate model improve the simulated daily precipitation?[J]. Climate Dynamics,2013-01-01,41(2017-05-06)