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Enhanced evaluation of hourly and daily extreme precipitation in Norway from convection-permitting models at regional and local scales
Kun Xie
State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
Hubei Provincial Key Lab of Water System Science for Sponge City Construction, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Hua Chen
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State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
Hubei Provincial Key Lab of Water System Science for Sponge City Construction, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
Stephanie Mayer
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Andreas Dobler
Research and Development, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, 0313 Oslo, Norway
Chong-Yu Xu
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Ozan Mert Göktürk
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
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Short summary
We compared hourly and daily extreme precipitation across Norway from HARMONIE Climate models at convection-permitting 3 km (HCLIM3) and 12 km (HCLIM12) resolutions. HCLIM3 more accurately captures the extremes in most regions and seasons (except in summer). Its advantages are more pronounced for hourly extremes than for daily extremes. The results highlight the value of convection-permitting models in improving extreme-precipitation predictions and in helping the local society brace for extreme weather.
We compared hourly and daily extreme precipitation across Norway from HARMONIE Climate models at...
