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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1085-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Development and technical paper
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21 Apr 2015
Development and technical paper |
| 21 Apr 2015
Technical challenges and solutions in representing lakes when using WRF in downscaling applications
M. S. Mallard
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
present affiliation: Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
C. G. Nolte
National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
T. L. Spero
National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
O. R. Bullock
National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
K. Alapaty
National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
J. A. Herwehe
National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J. H. Bowden
Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Short summary
Because global climate models (GCMs) are typically run at coarse spatial resolution, lakes are often poorly resolved in their global fields. When downscaling such GCMs using the Weather Research & Forecasting (WRF) model, use of WRF’s default interpolation methods can result in unrealistic lake temperatures and ice cover, which can impact simulated air temperatures and precipitation. Here, alternative methods for setting lake variables in WRF downscaling applications are presented and compared.
Because global climate models (GCMs) are typically run at coarse spatial resolution, lakes are...
