Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-771-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-771-2020
Research article
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19 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2020

The impact of initial conditions on convection-permitting simulations of a flood event over complex mountainous terrain

Lu Li, Marie Pontoppidan, Stefan Sobolowski, and Alfonso Senatore

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Convection-permitting simulations of a flood event [Data set] L. Li https://doi.org/10.11582/2020.00007

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We assessed the impact of initial conditions on convection-permitting simulations of a flood event over mountainous terrain. The calibrated convection-permitting model performs better than the simpler conceptual model. Discharge is slightly more sensitive to spin-up time than precipitation due to the influence of soil moisture. A maximum of 0.5 m of snow is converted to runoff irrespective of the initial snow depth, and this snowmelt contributes to discharge mostly during peak flow period.