Near-global-scale high-resolution seasonal simulations with WRF-Noah-MP v.3.8.1

Schwitalla, Thomas; Warrach-Sagi, Kirsten; Wulfmeyer, Volker; Resch, Michael

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1959-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1959-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1959-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Model evaluation paper

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21 Apr 2020

Model evaluation paper |

| 21 Apr 2020

Near-global-scale high-resolution seasonal simulations with WRF-Noah-MP v.3.8.1

Thomas Schwitalla, Kirsten Warrach-Sagi, Volker Wulfmeyer, and Michael Resch

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Author's response to Referee comment', Thomas Schwitalla, 17 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review of Schwitalla et al. 2020, GMD', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Author's response to Referee comments', Thomas Schwitalla, 17 Feb 2020

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AR by Thomas Schwitalla on behalf of the Authors (17 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Feb 2020) by Paul Ullrich

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Feb 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Mar 2020)

ED: Publish as is (18 Mar 2020) by Paul Ullrich

AR by Thomas Schwitalla on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2020)

Short summary

Performing seasonal simulations on horizontal grid resolutions of a few kilometres over the entire globe remains challenging. We demonstrate the added value of simulating large-scale patterns and feedbacks at 3 km resolution compared to a coarser-resolution forecast using the WRF numerical weather model on a latitude-belt domain. Results show an improvement of cloud coverage in the tropics, better representation of teleconnection, and improvements of precipitation patterns in different regions.