Articles | Volume 16, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5049-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5049-2023
Model description paper
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01 Sep 2023
Model description paper |  | 01 Sep 2023

The High-resolution Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research (HICAR v1.1) model enables fast dynamic downscaling to the hectometer scale

Dylan Reynolds, Ethan Gutmann, Bert Kruyt, Michael Haugeneder, Tobias Jonas, Franziska Gerber, Michael Lehning, and Rebecca Mott

Model code and software

HICAR Source Code Dylan Reynolds, Ethan Gutmann, and Bert Kruyt https://github.com/HICAR-model/HICAR

HICAR-Model/HICAR: v1.1 (v1.1) Dylan Reynolds https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7920422

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Short summary
The challenge of running geophysical models is often compounded by the question of where to obtain appropriate data to give as input to a model. Here we present the HICAR model, a simplified atmospheric model capable of running at spatial resolutions of hectometers for long time series or over large domains. This makes physically consistent atmospheric data available at the spatial and temporal scales needed for some terrestrial modeling applications, for example seasonal snow forecasting.