Performance of the Adriatic Sea and Coast (AdriSC) climate component – a COAWST V3.3-based coupled atmosphere–ocean modelling suite: atmospheric dataset
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Published:2021-06-29
Issue:6
Volume:14
Page:3995-4017
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ISSN:1991-9603
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Container-title:Geoscientific Model Development
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Geosci. Model Dev.
Author:
Denamiel CléaORCID, Pranić PetraORCID, Ivanković Damir, Tojčić IvaORCID, Vilibić IvicaORCID
Abstract
Abstract. In this evaluation study, the coupled atmosphere–ocean Adriatic Sea and Coast (AdriSC) climate model, which was implemented to carry out 31-year
evaluation and climate projection simulations in the Adriatic and northern Ionian seas, is briefly presented. The kilometre-scale AdriSC
atmospheric results, derived with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) 3 km model for the 1987–2017 period, are then thoroughly
compared to a comprehensive publicly and freely available observational dataset. The evaluation shows that overall, except for the summer surface
temperatures, which are systematically underestimated, the AdriSC WRF 3 km model has a far better capacity to reproduce surface climate
variables (and particularly the rain) than the WRF regional climate models at 0.11∘ resolution. In addition, several spurious data have
been found in both gridded products and in situ measurements, which thus should be used with care in the Adriatic region for climate studies at
local and regional scales. Long-term simulations with the AdriSC climate model, which couples the WRF 3 km model with a 1 km ocean
model, might thus be a new avenue to substantially improve the reproduction, at the climate scale, of the Adriatic Sea dynamics driving the Eastern
Mediterranean thermohaline circulation. As such it may also provide new standards for climate studies of orographically developed coastal regions in
general.
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
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