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Methods for assessment of models
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29 Jul 2015
Methods for assessment of models |
| 29 Jul 2015
An observation-constrained multi-physics WRF ensemble for simulating European mega heat waves
A. I. Stegehuis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LSCE/IPSL, Laboratoire CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
R. Vautard
LSCE/IPSL, Laboratoire CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
LSCE/IPSL, Laboratoire CEA/CNRS/UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
A. J. Teuling
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
D. G. Miralles
Department of Earth Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Short summary
Many climate models have difficulties in properly reproducing climate extremes such as heat wave conditions. We use a regional climate model with different atmospheric physics schemes to simulate the heat wave events of 2003 in western Europe and 2010 in Russia. The five best-performing and diverse physics scheme combinations may be used in the future to perform heat wave analysis and to investigate the impact of climate change in summer in Europe.
Many climate models have difficulties in properly reproducing climate extremes such as heat wave...
