Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
HESS
Articles | Volume 25, issue 12
Articles | Volume 25, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6381-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6381-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 12
Research article
 | 
16 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 16 Dec 2021

Evaluation of Asian summer precipitation in different configurations of a high-resolution general circulation model in a range of decision-relevant spatial scales

Mark R. Muetzelfeldt, Reinhard Schiemann, Andrew G. Turner, Nicholas P. Klingaman, Pier Luigi Vidale, and Malcolm J. Roberts

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6381-2021-supplement

Data sets

Index of /precip/CMORPH_V1.0/CRT/8km-30min NOAA https://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CMORPH_V1.0/CRT/8km-30min/

Model code and software

basmati M. R. Muetzelfeldt https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17049440.v1

cosmic M. R. Muetzelfeldt https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17049428.v1

Climate model simulations PRIMAVERA https://www.primavera-h2020.eu/modelling/

remake_v0.4.1 M. R. Muetzelfeldt https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17206988.v1

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Short summary
Simulating East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) rainfall poses many challenges because of its multi-scale nature. We evaluate three setups of a 14 km global climate model against observations to see if they improve simulated rainfall. We do this over catchment basins of different sizes to estimate how model performance depends on spatial scale. Using explicit convection improves rainfall diurnal cycle, yet more model tuning is needed to improve mean and intensity biases in simulated summer rainfall.
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