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Using high-resolution regional climate models to estimate return levels of daily extreme precipitation over Bavaria
Benjamin Poschlod
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Department of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, 80333 Munich, Germany
now at: Research Department, Berchtesgaden National Park,
83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany
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Three regional climate models (RCMs) are used to simulate extreme daily rainfall in Bavaria statistically occurring once every 10 or even 100 years. Results are validated with observations. The RCMs can reproduce spatial patterns and intensities, and setups with higher spatial resolutions show better results. These findings suggest that RCMs are suitable for assessing the probability of the occurrence of such rare rainfall events.
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