Daily precipitation statistics in regional climate models: Evaluation and intercomparison for the European Alps

Frei, Christoph; Hesselbjerg Christensen, Jens; Déqué, Michel; Jacob, Daniela; Jones, Richard; Luigi Vidale, Pier

doi:10.1029/2002jd002287

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Daily precipitation statistics in regional climate models: Evaluation and intercomparison for the European Alps

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres • Feb 12, 2003

Authors:

Christoph Frei

Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen

Michel Déqué

Abstract

An evaluation is undertaken of the statistics of daily precipitation as simulated by five regional climate models using comprehensive observations in the region of the European Alps. Four limited area models and one variable‐resolution global model are considered, all with a grid spacing of 50 km. T...

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Precipitation

Climatology

Environmental science

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