High-resolution rainfall variability simulated by the WRF RCM: application to eastern France

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Romain Marteau, Yves Richard, Benjamin Pohl, Carmela Smith, Thierry Castel]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Climate Dynamics, 44/3-4(2015-02-01), 1093-1107
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 0 |a High-resolution rainfall variability simulated by the WRF RCM: application to eastern France  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Romain Marteau, Yves Richard, Benjamin Pohl, Carmela Smith, Thierry Castel] 
520 3 |a The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, driven laterally by ERA-Interim reanalyses, is used here to downscale rainfall, at relatively high resolution (~8km) over Burgundy (eastern France), during the period 1989-2009. Regional simulations are compared to the Météo-France Station Network (MFSN; 127 daily rain-gauge records), at various temporal scales, including interannual variability, the annual cycle, and weather types. Results show that the spatial distribution of WRF-simulated rainfall climatology is consistent with MFSN observation data, but WRF tends to overestimate annual rainfall by ~+15%. At the interannual scale, WRF also performs very well (r~0.8), despite almost constant, systematic overestimation. Only the average annual rainfall cycle is not accurately reproduced by WRF (r~0.5), with rainfall overestimation in spring and summer, when convective rainfall prevails. During the winter season (October-March), when stratiform rainfall is prevalent, WRF performs better. Despite the biases for summertime convective events, these results suggest that high-resolution WRF simulations could successfully be used to document present and future climate variability at a regional scale. Nevertheless, because of overestimated convective rainfall, WRF-simulated rainfall should probably not be used directly to feed impact models, especially during the vegetative summer period. 
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690 7 |a WRF regional climate model  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Rainfall  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Regression-kriging  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Burgundy  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Interannual variability  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Weather types  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Marteau  |D Romain  |u Faculté des Sciences Gabriel, Centre de Recherches de Climatologie, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, CNRS/Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000, Dijon, France  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Richard  |D Yves  |u Faculté des Sciences Gabriel, Centre de Recherches de Climatologie, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, CNRS/Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000, Dijon, France  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Pohl  |D Benjamin  |u Faculté des Sciences Gabriel, Centre de Recherches de Climatologie, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, CNRS/Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000, Dijon, France  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Smith  |D Carmela  |u UFR SVTE, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Castel  |D Thierry  |u Faculté des Sciences Gabriel, Centre de Recherches de Climatologie, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, CNRS/Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000, Dijon, France  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Smith  |D Carmela  |u UFR SVTE, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Castel  |D Thierry  |u Faculté des Sciences Gabriel, Centre de Recherches de Climatologie, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, CNRS/Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000, Dijon, France  |4 aut 
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