Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4617-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4617-2021
Model evaluation paper
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27 Jul 2021
Model evaluation paper |  | 27 Jul 2021

Model intercomparison of COSMO 5.0 and IFS 45r1 at kilometer-scale grid spacing

Christian Zeman, Nils P. Wedi, Peter D. Dueben, Nikolina Ban, and Christoph Schär

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Model intercomparison of COSMO and IFS at kilometer-scale grid spacing Christian Zeman, Nils P. Wedi, Peter D. Dueben, Nikolina Ban, and Christoph Schär https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4479130

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Kilometer-scale atmospheric models allow us to partially resolve thunderstorms and thus improve their representation. We present an intercomparison between two distinct atmospheric models for 2 summer days with heavy thunderstorms over Europe. We show the dependence of precipitation and vertical wind speed on spatial and temporal resolution and also discuss the possible influence of the system of equations, numerical methods, and diffusion in the models.