Mean and extreme precipitation over European river basins better simulated in a 25&thinsp;km AGCM

Schiemann, Reinhard; Vidale, Pier Luigi; Shaffrey, Len C.; Johnson, Stephanie J.; Roberts, Malcolm J.; Demory, Marie-Estelle; Mizielinski, Matthew S.; Strachan, Jane

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3933-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3933-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3933-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 7

Research article

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20 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 20 Jul 2018

Mean and extreme precipitation over European river basins better simulated in a 25 km AGCM

Reinhard Schiemann, Pier Luigi Vidale, Len C. Shaffrey, Stephanie J. Johnson, Malcolm J. Roberts, Marie-Estelle Demory, Matthew S. Mizielinski, and Jane Strachan

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3933-2018-supplement

Data sets

Unified Model Partnership, UM Global Coupled Modelling Workshop B. H. Fock, C. Marzin, D. Boyd, G. Pankiewicz, J. Teixeira, J. Petch, K. Bovis, and P. Gilbert http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/collaboration/um-partnership

Short summary

A new generation of global climate models with resolutions between 50 and 10 km is becoming available. Here, we assess how well one such model simulates European precipitation. We find clear improvements in the mean precipitation pattern, and importantly also for extreme daily precipitation over 30 major European river basins. Despite remaining limitations, new high-resolution global models hold great promise for improved climate predictions of European precipitation at impact-relevant scales.