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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-4153-2025
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Comparison of high-resolution climate reanalysis datasets for hydro-climatic impact studies
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Center CERC, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Joren Janzing
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Center CERC, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Amber van Hamel
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Center CERC, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Jonas Götte
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Center CERC, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Dominik L. Schumacher
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Manuela I. Brunner
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Center CERC, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Short summary
Continuous and high-quality meteorological datasets are crucial to study extreme hydro-climatic events. We here conduct a comprehensive spatio-temporal evaluation of precipitation and temperature for four climate reanalysis datasets, focusing on mean and extreme metrics, variability, trends, and the representation of droughts and floods over Switzerland. Our analysis shows that all datasets have some merit when limitations are considered, and that one dataset performs better than the others.
Continuous and high-quality meteorological datasets are crucial to study extreme hydro-climatic...