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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-693-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-693-2022
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Research article
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07 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 07 Mar 2022
| 07 Mar 2022
Characteristics of precipitation extremes over the Nordic region: added value of convection-permitting modeling
Climate System Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Emma D. Thomassen
National Centre for Climate Research, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Danijel Belušić
Rossby Centre, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Petter Lind
Rossby Centre, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Peter Berg
Hydrology Research, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Jens H. Christensen
National Centre for Climate Research, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Ole B. Christensen
National Centre for Climate Research, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Andreas Dobler
Research and Development, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Erik Kjellström
Rossby Centre, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Jonas Olsson
Hydrology Research, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Hydrology Research, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
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- How controlled drainage and peat subsidence affect the hydrology of cultivated peatlands under changing climatic conditions A. Salla et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2025.110010
- Comparing spatial metrics of extreme precipitation between data from rain gauges, weather radar and high-resolution climate model re-analyses E. Thomassen et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127915
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- Fast oceanic flow prediction using lattice- and morphology-informed approaches B. Kim & J. Hwang https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0255741
- Convection in future winter storms over Northern Europe S. Berthou et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aca03a
- Hourly extreme rainfall projections over South Korea using convection permitting climate simulations G. Seo et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01067-z
- Enhanced evaluation of hourly and daily extreme precipitation in Norway from convection-permitting models at regional and local scales K. Xie et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2133-2025
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We evaluate the skill of a regional climate model, HARMONIE-Climate, to capture the present-day characteristics of heavy precipitation in the Nordic region and investigate the added value provided by a convection-permitting model version. The higher model resolution improves the representation of hourly heavy- and extreme-precipitation events and their diurnal cycle. The results indicate the benefits of convection-permitting models for constructing climate change projections over the region.
We evaluate the skill of a regional climate model, HARMONIE-Climate, to capture the present-day...
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