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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3471-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3471-2021
Research article
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18 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 18 Jun 2021

Changes in the simulation of atmospheric instability over the Iberian Peninsula due to the use of 3DVAR data assimilation

Santos J. González-Rojí, Sheila Carreno-Madinabeitia, Jon Sáenz, and Gabriel Ibarra-Berastegi

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The simulation of precipitation extreme events is a known problem in modelling. That is why the atmospheric conditions favourable for its development as simulated by two WRF experiments are evaluated in this paper. The experiment including 3DVAR data assimilation outperforms the one without in simulating the TT index, CAPE, and CIN over the Iberian Peninsula. The ingredients for convective precipitation in winter are found at the Atlantic coast, but in summer they are at the Mediterranean coast.