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Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa

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dc.contributor.author Muthige, Mavhungu S
dc.contributor.author Engelbrecht, Francois A
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T11:09:51Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T11:09:51Z
dc.date.issued 2016-10
dc.identifier.citation Muthige, M.S. and Engelbrecht, F.A. 2016. Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa. 32nd Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences (SASAS 2016), 31 October-1 November 2016, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 92-95 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-620-72974-1
dc.identifier.uri http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SASAS_2016_Conference_Proceedings_Final_18Nov_16.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10147
dc.description Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences (SASAS 2016), 31 October-1 November 2016, Cape Town, South Africa en_US
dc.description.abstract Regional climate models (RCMs) provide finer-scale simulations than those of Global climate models (GCMs), whilst being forced by the output of the host GCMs. In this study, we examine the influence of various strengths of spectral nudging on the simulation rainfall patterns in Southern Africa. We use the Conformal-Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM) as RCM to downscale ERA-interim reanalysis data to a resolution of 50 km in the horizontal over the globe. A scale-selective filter (spectral nudging technique) is used for nudging the CCAM simulations. The filter is applied at length scales of 9000 km, and 4500 km. The model simulations of rainfall are compared against CRUTS3.2. Both the experiments realistically simulate the present day rainfall patterns. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Worklist;20563
dc.subject Regional climate models en_US
dc.subject Rainfall en_US
dc.subject Spectral nudging en_US
dc.title Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Muthige, M. S., & Engelbrecht, F. A. (2016). Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa. Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10147 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Muthige, Mavhungu S, and Francois A Engelbrecht. "Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10147 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Muthige MS, Engelbrecht FA, Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa; Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10147 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Muthige, Mavhungu S AU - Engelbrecht, Francois A AB - Regional climate models (RCMs) provide finer-scale simulations than those of Global climate models (GCMs), whilst being forced by the output of the host GCMs. In this study, we examine the influence of various strengths of spectral nudging on the simulation rainfall patterns in Southern Africa. We use the Conformal-Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM) as RCM to downscale ERA-interim reanalysis data to a resolution of 50 km in the horizontal over the globe. A scale-selective filter (spectral nudging technique) is used for nudging the CCAM simulations. The filter is applied at length scales of 9000 km, and 4500 km. The model simulations of rainfall are compared against CRUTS3.2. Both the experiments realistically simulate the present day rainfall patterns. DA - 2016-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Regional climate models KW - Rainfall KW - Spectral nudging LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 SM - 978-0-620-72974-1 T1 - Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa TI - Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10147 ER - en_ZA


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