Sensitivity of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to downscaling ratios and storm types in rainfall simulation

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3012-3031

  Liu, Jia ^a,b   Bray, Michaela ^c   Han, Dawei ^b  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downscaling ratio; Numerical weather modelling; Rainfall simulation; Sensitivity study; Storm type; Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; DOMAIN CONFIGURATIONS; DOWN-SCALING; ENGLAND; ERROR PATTERNS; EVENT CLASSIFICATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; HIGHER RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; REANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM EVENTS; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS; VARIABILITY INDEX; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODEL;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAIN; RESEARCH; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DOWNSCALING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84866177061     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8247     Document Type: Article

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