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1 The Inter-Continental Transferability Study as part of CEOP/GEWEX 1

2 Objectives Study the transferability of regional climate models to areas of different climate regimes (RHP domains) Apply CEOP data (satellite, reference sites, global analysis) to evaluate the regional climate models 2

3 ICTS Domains 3

4 ICTS Domains 4

5 CEOP 1 Time schedule Year of Activity: Planning Data Collection EOPs : EOP-1 (Seasonal OP) EOP-2 (Build-up OP) EOP-3 (Annual Cycle OP) ( 1 July - 30 Sept 2001 ) ( Sept 2002 ) ( Sept ) EOP-4 (Water & Energy OP) ( 1-31 Dec ) Primary Focus 2 Annual Cycle Data Set ( ) Reanalysis/Research 5

6 Participating RCMs CLM (Climate version of the COSMO model) /, EU CRCM (Canadian Regional Climate Model) / Ouranos, NA GEM-LAM (Global Environmental Multiscale Limited Area Model) / RPN/MSC and UQ, NA RSM (Regional Spectral Model) / ECPC, NA RCA3 (Rossby Centre Atmosphere Model) / SMHI, EU RegCM3 (Regional Climate Model) / ISU, NA MM5 (Mesoscale-Model) / ISU, NA 6

7 Reference Sites 7

8 Data in CEOP Model Data Archive at WDCC / Hamburg Data from 4 Regional Climate Models: MOLTS at 34 reference site locations one grid box plus 8 adjacent up to 44 parameters 1-3 h temporal resolution Gridded 2D fields for 7 Domains 0.5 common grid up to 36 parameters 1 d temporal resolution 8

9 Monthly Mean Precipitation 17 9

10 Monthly Mean Precipitation 10 19

11 Monthly Mean Precipitation 18 11

12 Monthly Mean Precipitation

13 Monthly Mean Precipitation 13

14 Sodankylä 2m Temp 10m Wind Precipitation Snow Depth 14

15 temperature [ C] !5 surface downward shortwave radiation [W/m2] T 2M correctedshortwave to Height downward of RefSite 400 RefSite [m] UKMO JMA 350 ECMWF NCEP ECPC 300CLM MRCC RCA3 250RSM GEM!LAM RefSite UKMO JMA ECMWF NCEP ECPC CPTEC CLM MRCC RCA3 RSM GEM!LAM Lindenberg Lindenberg Monthly Means 10mWind speed [m/s] surface upward shortwave radiation [W/m2] RefSite UKMO RefSite JMA UKMO ECMWF JMA NCEP NCEP ECPC ECPC CPTEC CLM CLM MRCC MRCC RCA3 RCA3 RSM RSM GEM!LAM GEM!LAM Wind shortwave Speed 10m upward total precipitation amount [mm]! total cloud cover [1] 0 Jan AprJan Jul Apr 1RefSite UKMO RefSite JMA DLR ECMWF UKMO NCEP JMA 0.8ECPC ECMWF GLDAS NCEP ECPC CPTEC CPTEC GLDAS CLM CLM 0.6 MRCC MRCC RCA3 RCA3 RSM RSM GEM!LAM GEM!LAM Jul Date Jan Apr Jan Date Precipitation Total Cloud Cover Jul Apr Jul surface snow amount [m] 0 0 Jan Jan Apr Apr Jul Jul Jan Jan Apr Apr Jul Jul Date Date RefSite [Depth] UKMO ECMWF NCEP ECPC CLM MRCC RCA3 RSM GEM!LAM Snow Depth Snow Depth [m] Jan 2002 Jan Apr Apr Jul Jul Date Jan Date Jan Apr Apr Jul Jul Jan Apr Jul Date Jan Apr Jul 0

16 Lindenberg surface sensible heat flux [W/m2] !50 RefSite UKMO JMA ECMWF NCEP ECPC CPTEC GLDAS CLM MRCC RCA3 RSM GEM!LAM Sensible Heat surface latent heat flux [W/m2] RefSite UKMO JMA ECMWF NCEP ECPC CPTEC GLDAS CLM MRCC RCA3 RSM GEM!LAM Latent Heat! Jan Apr Jul Date Jan Apr Jul! Jan Apr Jul Date Jan Apr Jul 16

17 Outlook - ICTS in CEOP 2 Further analysis of? Simulations performed in CEOP1 Simulations with higher resolution forcing by different global analyses for areas where differences between global analyses are significant enhanced simulation period (beyond i.e. for CEOP2, 10 years) additional MOLTS additional domain (NEESPI) revision of output parameter list update with new model versions

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