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Model evaluation paper |
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Assessment of WRF (v 4.2.1) dynamically downscaled precipitation on subdaily and daily timescales over CONUS
Abhishekh Kumar Srivastava
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Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Paul Aaron Ullrich
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Deeksha Rastogi
Computational Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Pouya Vahmani
Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Andrew Jones
Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Richard Grotjahn
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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Short summary
Stakeholders need high-resolution regional climate data for applications such as assessing water availability and mountain snowpack. This study examines 3 h and 24 h historical precipitation over the contiguous United States in the 12 km WRF version 4.2.1-based dynamical downscaling of the ERA5 reanalysis. WRF improves precipitation characteristics such as the annual cycle and distribution of the precipitation maxima, but it also displays regionally and seasonally varying precipitation biases.
Stakeholders need high-resolution regional climate data for applications such as assessing water...
