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Tropical cyclone precipitation in the HighResMIP atmosphere-only experiments of the PRIMAVERA Project

Zhang, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-0414, Villarini, G., Scoccimarro, E., Roberts, M., Vidale, P. L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1800-8460, Vanniere, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8600-400X, Caron, L.-P., Putrasahan, D., Roberts, C., Senan, R. and Moine, M.-P. (2021) Tropical cyclone precipitation in the HighResMIP atmosphere-only experiments of the PRIMAVERA Project. Climate Dynamics, 57. pp. 253-273. ISSN 0930-7575

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1007/s00382-021-05707-x

Abstract/Summary

This study examines the climatology and structure of rainfall associated with tropical cyclones (TCs) based on the atmosphere-only Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) HighResMIP runs of the PRocess-based climate sIMulation: AdVances in high resolution modelling and European climate Risk Assessment (PRIMAVERA) Project during 1979–2014. We evaluate how the spatial resolution of climate models with a variety of dynamic cores and parameterization schemes affects the representation of TC rainfall. These HighResMIP atmosphere-only runs that prescribe historical sea surface temperatures and radiative forcings can well reproduce the observed spatial pattern of TC rainfall climatology, with high-resolution models generally performing better than the low-resolution ones. Overall, the HighResMIP atmosphere-only runs can also reproduce the observed percentage contribution of TC rainfall to total amounts, with an overall better performance by the high-resolution models. The models perform better over ocean than over land in simulating climatological total TC rainfall, TC rainfall proportion and TC rainfall per TC in terms of spatial correlation. All the models in the HighResMIP atmosphere-only runs underestimate the observed composite TC rainfall structure over both land and ocean, especially in their lower resolutions. The underestimation of rainfall composites by the HighResMIP atmosphere-only runs is also supported by the radial profile of TC rainfall. Overall, the increased spatial resolution generally leads to an improved model performance in reproducing the observed TC rainfall properties.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
ID Code:98504
Publisher:Springer

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