Very High Resolution Simulations of African Climate with the Regional Climate Model REMO

Haensler, A.; Koldunov, N.; Sein, D.; Sauf, W.; Jacob, D.

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Very High Resolution Simulations of African Climate with the Regional Climate Model REMO

Abstract

The regional climate model REMO is used to perform high resolution simulations of African climate. Simulated seasonal precipitation is analysed and compared to a lower resolution run and observational data. We show that the high resolution model is able to represent small scale features of the precipitation distribution and therefore demonstrates considerable improvement compared to the lower resolution version. We also assessed the performance of REMO on the JUQUEEN supercomputer (Julich Supercomputing Centre, JSC) and found, that it is not the optimal system for conducting regional climate model simulations. Computers with architecture similar to JUROPA or JURECA (JSC) are better suited for this type of applications.

URL: https://publications.hereon.de/id/34303/
Authors:Haensler, A., Koldunov, N., Sein, D., Sauf, W., Jacob, D.
Year:2016
In: Proceedings of 8th NIC Symposium 2016
Volume:48
Location:Juelich (D)
Date:11.-12.02.2016
Pages:291 - 298
Publisher:Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
Type:Confpaper
ISBN: 978-3-95806-109-5
Cite as: Haensler, A.; Koldunov, N.; Sein, D.; Sauf, W.; Jacob, D.: Very High Resolution Simulations of African Climate with the Regional Climate Model REMO. In: Binder, K.; Mueller, M.; Kremer, M.; Schnurpfeil, A. (Eds.): Proceedings of 8th NIC Symposium 2016. Vol. 48 Juelich (D), 11.-12.02.2016, 2016. 291 - 298. (ISBN: 978-3-95806-109-5)