The AROME-WMED reanalyses of the first special observation period of the Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean experiment (HyMeX)

Fourrié, Nadia; Nuret, Mathieu; Brousseau, Pierre; Caumont, Olivier; Doerenbecher, Alexis; Wattrelot, Eric; Moll, Patrick; Bénichou, Hervé; Puech, Dominique; Bock, Olivier; Bosser, Pierre; Chazette, Patrick; Flamant, Cyrille; Di Girolamo, Paolo; Richard, Evelyne; Saïd, Frédérique

doi:10.5194/gmd-12-2657-2019

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Model evaluation paper

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08 Jul 2019

Model evaluation paper |

| 08 Jul 2019

The AROME-WMED reanalyses of the first special observation period of the Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean experiment (HyMeX)

Nadia Fourrié, Mathieu Nuret, Pierre Brousseau, Olivier Caumont, Alexis Doerenbecher, Eric Wattrelot, Patrick Moll, Hervé Bénichou, Dominique Puech, Olivier Bock, Pierre Bosser, Patrick Chazette, Cyrille Flamant, Paolo Di Girolamo, Evelyne Richard, and Frédérique Saïd

Data sets

AROME_WMED N. Fourrié and M. Nuret https://doi.org/10.6096/hymex.arome_wmed.2012.02.20

AROME_WMED reanalysis_1 N. Fourrié and M. Nuret https://doi.org/10.6096/HYMEX.REANALYSIS_AROME_WMED_V1.2014.02.10

AROME_WMED reanalysis_2 N. Fourrié and M. Nuret https://doi.org/10.14768/MISTRALS-HYMEX.1492

Short summary

The AROME-WMED (western Mediterranean) model is a dedicated version of the mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction AROME-France model that ran in real time during the first special observation period of HyMeX. Two reanalyses were performed after the campaign. This paper depicts the main differences between the real-time version and the benefits brought by both HyMeX reanalyses. The second reanalysis is found to be closer to observations than the previous AROME-WMED analyses.