High-resolution climate predictions and short-range forecasts to improve the process understanding and the representation of land-surface interactions in the WRF model in southwest Germany (WRFCLIM)

Abstract

The application of numerical modeling for climate projections is an important task in scientific research since they are the most promising means to gain insight in possible future climate changes. The quality of the prepared global projections has been continuously improved in recent years, enabled by more powerful supercomputers as well as advanced numerical and physical schemes (e.g. [1–3]). During the last two decades, various regional climate models (RCM) have been developed and applied for simulating the present and future climate of Europe.