Characteristics of rainfall events in regional climate model simulations for the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00020711%3A_____%2F17%3A00004617" target="_blank" >RIV/00020711:_____/17:00004617 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68378289:_____/17:00471342 RIV/60460709:41330/17:73565
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/963/2017/" target="_blank" >https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/963/2017/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-963-2017" target="_blank" >10.5194/hess-21-963-2017</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Characteristics of rainfall events in regional climate model simulations for the Czech Republic
Original language description
Characteristics of rainfall events in an ensemble of 23 regional climate model (RCM) simulations are evaluated against observed data in the Czech Republic for the period 1981-2000. Individual rainfall events are identified using the concept of minimum inter-event time (MIT) and only heavy events (15 % of events with the largest event depths) during the warm season (May-September) are considered. . Inasmuch as an RCM grid box represents a spatial average, the effects of areal averaging of rainfall data on characteristics of events are investigated using the observed data. Rainfall events from the RCM simulations are then compared to those from the at-site and area-average observations. Simulated number of heavy events and seasonal total precipitation due to heavy events are on average represented relatively well despite the higher spatial variation compared to observations. RCM-simulated event depths are comparable to the area-average observations, while event durations are overestimated and other characteristics related to rainfall intensity are significantly underestimated. The differences between RCM-simulated and at-site observed rainfall event characteristics are in general dominated by the biases of the climate models rather than the areal-averaging effect. Most of the rainfall event characteristics in the majority of the RCM simulations show a similar altitude-dependence pattern as in the observed data. The number of heavy events and seasonal total precipitation due to heavy events increase with altitude, and this dependence is captured better by the RCM simulations with higher spatial resolution.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10500 - Earth and related environmental sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/VG20122015092" target="_blank" >VG20122015092: Erosion runoff - increased risk of the residents and the water quality exposure in the context of the expected climate change</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
ISSN
1027-5606
e-ISSN
1607-7938
Volume of the periodical
21
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
963-980
UT code for WoS article
000395162900003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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