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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3875-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3875-2022
Research article
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06 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 06 Dec 2022

Droughts in Germany: performance of regional climate models in reproducing observed characteristics

Dragan Petrovic, Benjamin Fersch, and Harald Kunstmann

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The influence of model resolution and settings on drought reproduction in Germany between 1980–2009 is investigated here. Outputs from a high-resolution model with settings tailored to the target region are compared to those from coarser-resolution models with more general settings. Gridded observational data sets serve as reference. Regarding the reproduction of drought characteristics, all models perform on a similar level, while for trends, only the modified model produces reliable outputs.
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