TIER version 1.0: an open-source Topographically InformEd Regression (TIER) model to estimate spatial meteorological fields

Newman, Andrew J.; Clark, Martyn P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1827-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1827-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1827-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Model description paper

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06 Apr 2020

Model description paper |

| 06 Apr 2020

TIER version 1.0: an open-source Topographically InformEd Regression (TIER) model to estimate spatial meteorological fields

Andrew J. Newman and Martyn P. Clark

Model code and software

TIERv1.0 Andrew J. Newman https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3234938

Short summary

This paper introduces the Topographically InformEd Regression (TIER) model, which uses terrain attributes to turn observations of precipitation and temperature into spatial maps. TIER allows our understanding of complex atmospheric processes such as terrain-enhanced precipitation to be modeled in a very simple way. TIER lets users change the model so they can experiment with different ways of making maps. A key conclusion is that small changes in TIER will change the final map.