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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-377-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-377-2020
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29 Apr 2020
Research article |
| 29 Apr 2020
| 29 Apr 2020
The impact of regional climate model formulation and resolution on simulated precipitation in Africa
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsvägen 17, 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
present address: Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University,
Uppsala, Sweden
Grigory Nikulin
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsvägen 17, 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
Erik Kjellström
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsvägen 17, 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
Department of Meteorology and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden
Danijel Belušić
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsvägen 17, 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
Colin Jones
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
David Lindstedt
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsvägen 17, 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
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Short summary
Regional Climate Models constitute a downscaling tool to provide high-resolution data for impact and adaptation studies. However, there is no unique definition of the added value of downscaling as it depends on many factors. We investigate the impact of spatial resolution and model formulation on downscaled rainfall in Africa. Our results show that improvements in downscaled rainfall compared to the driving reanalysis are often related to model formulation and not always to higher resolution.
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