Convective and stratiform precipitation characteristics in an ensemble of regional climate model simulations

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F16%3A00443502" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/16:00443502 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68378289:_____/16:00443502 RIV/60460709:41330/16:70946 RIV/00216208:11320/16:10334376

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2580-7" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2580-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2580-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00382-015-2580-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Convective and stratiform precipitation characteristics in an ensemble of regional climate model simulations

Original language description

We apply a recently proposed algorithm for disaggregating observed precipitation data into predominantly convective and stratiform, and evaluate biases in characteristics of parameterized convective (subgrid) and stratiform (large-scale) precipitation in an ensemble of 11 RCM simulations for recent climate in Central Europe. All RCMs have a resolution of 25 km and are driven by the ERA-40 reanalysis. We focus on mean annual cycle, proportion of convective precipitation, dependence on altitude, and extremes. The results show that characteristics of total precipitation are often better simulated than are those of convective and stratiform precipitation evaluated separately. While annual cycles of convective and stratiform precipitation are reproduced reasonably well in most RCMs, some of them consistently and substantially overestimate or underestimate the proportion of convective precipitation throughout the year. Intensity of convective precipitation is underestimated in all RCMs. Dependence on altitude is also simulated better for stratiform and total precipitation than for convective precipitation, for which several RCMs produce unrealistic slopes. Extremes are underestimated for convective precipitation while they tend to be slightly overestimated for stratiform precipitation, thus resulting in a relatively good reproduction of extremes in total precipitation amounts. The results suggest that the examined ensemble of RCMs suffers from substantial deficiencies in reproducing precipitation processes and support previous findings that climate models’ errors in precipitation characteristics are mainly related to deficiencies in the representation of convection.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DG - Atmospheric sciences, meteorology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-18675S" target="_blank" >GA14-18675S: Advanced models of precipitation extremes and their applications in high-resolution climate model simulations</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Climate Dynamics

ISSN

0930-7575

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

46

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1-2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

227-243

UT code for WoS article

000370040100017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84955733589