Articles | Volume 15, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8135-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8135-2022
Model evaluation paper
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11 Nov 2022
Model evaluation paper |  | 11 Nov 2022

Advancing precipitation prediction using a new-generation storm-resolving model framework – SIMA-MPAS (V1.0): a case study over the western United States

Xingying Huang, Andrew Gettelman, William C. Skamarock, Peter Hjort Lauritzen, Miles Curry, Adam Herrington, John T. Truesdale, and Michael Duda

Data sets

WUS-Precip-SIMA-MPAS X. Huang et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6558578

Model code and software

SIMA-MPAS (V1.0) NCAR https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7218023

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Short summary
We focus on the recent development of a state-of-the-art storm-resolving global climate model and investigate how this next-generation model performs for precipitation prediction over the western USA. Results show realistic representations of precipitation with significantly enhanced snowpack over complex terrains. The model evaluation advances the unified modeling of large-scale forcing constraints and realistic fine-scale features to advance multi-scale climate predictions and changes.