Investigating the WRF Temperature and Precipitation Performance Sensitivity to Spatial Resolution over Central Europe

Abstract

The grid size resolution effect on the annual and seasonal simulated mean, maximum and minimum daily temperatures and precipitation is assessed using the Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting model (ARW-WRF, hereafter WRF) that dynamically downscales the National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s final (NCEP FNL) Operational Global Analysis data. Simulations were conducted over central Europe for the year 2015 using 36, 12 and 4 km grid resolutions. Evaluation is done using daily E-OBS data. Several performance metrics and the bias adjusted equitable threat score (BAETS) for precipitation are used. Results show that model performance for mean, maximum and minimum temperature improves when increasing the spatial resolution from 36 to 12 km, with no significant added value when further increasing it to 4 km. Model performance for precipitation is slightly worsened when increasing the spatial resolution from 36 to 12 km while further increasing it to 4 km has minor effect. However, simulated and observed precipitation data are in quite good agreement in areas with precipitation rates below 3 mm/day for all three grid resolutions. The annual mean fraction of observed and/or forecast events that were correctly predicted (BAETS), when increasing the grid size resolution from 36 to 12 and 4 km, suggests a slight modification on average over the domain. During summer the model presents significantly lower BAETS skill score compared to the rest of the seasons.

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