Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2859-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2859-2022
Model evaluation paper
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07 Apr 2022
Model evaluation paper |  | 07 Apr 2022

Sensitivity of precipitation in the highlands and lowlands of Peru to physics parameterization options in WRFV3.8.1

Santos J. González-Rojí, Martina Messmer, Christoph C. Raible, and Thomas F. Stocker

Data sets

Data for Publication "Sensitivity of precipitation in the highlands and lowlands of Peru to physics parameterization options in WRFV3.8.1" Santos J. González-Rojí, Martina Messmer, Christoph C. Raible, and Thomas F. Stocker https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5378127

TRMM (TMPA-RT) Near Real-Time Precipitation L3 3 hour 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 George Huffman https://doi.org/10.5067/TRMM/TMPA/3H-E/7

GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 Half Hourly 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V06 G. J. Huffman, E. F. Stocker, D. T. Bolvin, E. J. Nelkin, and Jackson Tan https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/IMERG/3B-HH/06

Model code and software

Data for Publication "Sensitivity of precipitation in the highlands and lowlands of Peru to physics parameterization options in WRFV3.8.1" Santos J. González-Rojí, Martina Messmer, Christoph C. Raible, and Thomas F. Stocker https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5378127

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Short summary
Different configurations of physics parameterizations of a regional climate model are tested over southern Peru at fine resolution. The most challenging regions compared to observational data are the slopes of the Andes. Model configurations for Europe and East Africa are not perfectly suitable for southern Peru. The experiment with the Stony Brook University microphysics scheme and the Grell–Freitas cumulus parameterization provides the most accurate results over Madre de Dios.