Rainfall Characteristics from Convection-Permitting Downscaling over the Western Maritime Continent
- Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS), Singapore (prasa_arnala@yahoo.com)
Long-term convection-permitting dynamical downscaling has been carried out over the western Maritime Continent, using the Singapore Variable Resolution Regional Climate Model (SINGV-RCM) at 8km and 2km spatial resolutions. The SINGV-RCM is forced with ERA-5 reanalyses data for a 36-year period (1979-2014) at 8km resolution over Southeast Asia (79E-160E;16S-24N) with regular update of the sea surface temperature at 6-hr interval; further, this 8km domain simulation is used for forcing a smaller domain over the western Maritime continent at a resolution of 2km (93E-110E;7.2S-9.9N) for a 20-year period (1995-2014). Rainfall characteristics including the diurnal cycle and extremes from the two simulations evaluated against satellite retrievals, and the added value from dynamical downscaling will be presented.
How to cite: Prasanna, V., Sahany, S., Moise, A. F., Chua, X. R., Lim, G., Hassim, M. E., and Chen, C.: Rainfall Characteristics from Convection-Permitting Downscaling over the Western Maritime Continent, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-6886, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-6886, 2021.
