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An Analysis of (Sub-)Hourly Rainfall in Convection-Permitting Climate Simulations Over Southern Sweden From a User's Perspective
SMHI, Research Department, Hydrology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0462-0912
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2021 (English)In: Frontiers in Earth Science, E-ISSN 2296-6463, Vol. 9, article id 681312Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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To date, the assessment of hydrological climate change impacts, not least on pluvial flooding, has been severely limited by i) the insufficient spatial resolution of regional climate models (RCMs) as well as ii) the simplified description of key processes, e.g., convective rainfall generation. Therefore, expectations have been high on the recent generation of high-resolution convection-permitting regional climate models (CPRCMs), to reproduce the small-scale features of observed (extreme) rainfall that are driving small-scale hydrological hazards. Are they living up to these expectations? In this study, we zoom in on southern Sweden and investigate to which extent two climate models, a 3-km resolution CPRCM (HCLIM3) and a 12-km non-convection permitting RCM (HCLIM12), are able to reproduce the rainfall climate with focus on short-duration extremes. We use three types of evaluation-intensity-based, time-based and event-based-which have been designed to provide an added value to users of high-intensity rainfall information, as compared with the ways climate models are generally evaluated. In particular, in the event-based evaluation we explore the prospect of bringing climate model evaluation closer to the user by investigating whether the models are able to reproduce a well-known historical high-intensity rainfall event in the city of Malmo 2014. The results very clearly point at a substantially reduced bias in HCLIM3 as compared with HCLIM12, especially for short-duration extremes, as well as an overall better reproduction of the diurnal cycles. Furthermore, the HCLIM3 model proved able to generate events similar to the one in Malmo 2014. The results imply that CPRCMs offer a clear potential for increased confidence in future projections of small-scale hydrological climate change impacts, which is crucial for climate-proofing, e.g., our cities, as well as climate modeling in general.

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2021. Vol. 9, article id 681312
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Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources
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Hydrology; Climate
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URN: urn:nbn:se:smhi:diva-6140DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.681312ISI: 000673938000001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:smhi-6140DiVA, id: diva2:1582717
Available from: 2021-08-03 Created: 2021-08-03 Last updated: 2023-08-28Bibliographically approved

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