Performance of the Adriatic Sea and Coast (AdriSC) climate component – a COAWST V3.3-based coupled atmosphere–ocean modelling suite: atmospheric dataset

Denamiel, Cléa; Pranić, Petra; Ivanković, Damir; Tojčić, Iva; Vilibić, Ivica (2021) Performance of the Adriatic Sea and Coast (AdriSC) climate component – a COAWST V3.3-based coupled atmosphere–ocean modelling suite: atmospheric dataset. Geoscientific Model Development, 14 (6). pp. 3995-4017. ISSN 1991-959X

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Abstract

In this evaluation study, the coupled atmosphere–ocean Adriatic Sea and Coast (AdriSC) climate model, which was implemented to carry out 31-year evaluation and climate projection simulations in the Adriatic and northern Ionian seas, is briefly presented. The kilometre-scale AdriSC atmospheric results, derived with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) 3 km model for the 1987–2017 period, are then thoroughly compared to a comprehensive publicly and freely available observational dataset. The evaluation shows that overall, except for the summer surface temperatures, which are systematically underestimated, the AdriSC WRF 3 km model has a far better capacity to reproduce surface climate variables (and particularly the rain) than the WRF regional climate models at 0.11o resolution. In addition, several spurious data have been found in both gridded products and in situ measurements, which thus should be used with care in the Adriatic region for climate studies at local and regional scales. Long-term simulations with the AdriSC climate model, which couples the WRF 3 km model with a 1 km ocean model, might thus be a new avenue to substantially improve the reproduction, at the climate scale, of the Adriatic Sea dynamics driving the Eastern Mediterranean thermohaline circulation. As such it may also provide new standards for climate studies of orographically developed coastal regions in general.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate simulation ; atmosphere-ocean model ; Adriatic Sea
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Geophysics
Divisions:	Division for Marine and Enviromental Research
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Višegodišnje i dekadne oscilacije Jadranskog mora: opažanja, modeliranje i posljedice Vilibić, Ivica IP-2016-06-1955 HRZZ Školjkaši: Arhiva okolišnih promjena u obalnim morskim ekosustavima Peharda Uljević, Melita IP-2019-04-8542 HRZZ
Depositing User:	Sofija Konjević
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2021 12:05
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/6487
DOI:	10.5194/gmd-14-3995-2021

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