Authors
Anna Casanueva, Sven Kotlarski, Sixto Herrera, Jésus Fernández, José M Gutiérrez, Fredrik Boberg, Augustin Colette, Ole B Christensen, Klaus Goergen, Daniela Jacob, Klaus Keuler, Grigory Nikulin, Claas Teichmann, Robert Vautard
Publication date
2016/8
Journal
Climate Dynamics
Volume
47
Pages
719-737
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Description
Daily precipitation statistics as simulated by the ERA-Interim-driven EURO-CORDEX regional climate model (RCM) ensemble are evaluated over two distinct regions of the European continent, namely the European Alps and Spain. The potential added value of the high-resolution 12 km experiments with respect to their 50 km resolution counterparts is investigated. The statistics considered consist of wet-day intensity and precipitation frequency as a measure of mean precipitation, and three precipitation-derived indicators (90th percentile on wet days—90pWET, contribution of the very wet days to total precipitation—R95pTOT and number of consecutive dry days—CDD). As reference for model evaluation high resolution gridded observational data over continental Spain (Spain011/044) and the Alpine region (EURO4M-APGD) are used. The assessment and comparison of the two resolutions is …
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