Spatial spin-up of fine scales in a regional climate model simulation driven by low-resolution boundary conditions

• Published in: Climate dynamics Vol. 49; no. 1-2; pp. 563 - 574
• Main Authors: Matte, Dominic, Laprise, René, Thériault, Julie M., Lucas-Picher, Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Area; Boundary conditions; Boundary value problems; Climate; Climate models; Climatology; Computer simulation; Distance; Driving conditions; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Eddies; Geophysics/Geodesy; Inflow; Modelling; Oceanography; Optimization; Regional climates; Regional development; Resolution; Scale (ratio); Simulation; Vortices; Width; Spatial spin-up; Big-Brother experiment; Regional climate modelling; Jump of resolution; Nested model

In regional climate modelling, it is well known that domains should be neither too large to avoid a large departure from the driving data, nor too small to provide a sufficient distance from the lateral inflow boundary to allow the full development of the small-scale (SS) features permitted by the f...