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Benchmarking Simulated Precipitation

Welcome to the results site for benchmarking simulated precipitation in Earth System Models (ESMs)! This effort has been inspired by the outcomes of the July 2019 DOE workshop (summerized by Pendergrass et al. 2020). That workshop was motivated by discussions that have taken place in recent years in various working groups of the WCRP including the Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE) and Working Group on Coupled Models (WGCM).


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References

Covey, C, PJ Gleckler, C Doutriaux, DN Williams, A Dai, J Fasullo, K Trenberth, and  A Berg. 2016. ”Metrics for the diurnal cycle of precipitation: Toward routine benchmarks for climate models.”  Journal of Climate 29(12): 4461–4471,  https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0664.1

Covey, C, C Doutriaux, PJ Gleckler, KE Taylor, KE Trenberth, and Y Zhang. 2018. “High-frequency intermittency in observed and model-simulated precipitation.” Geophysical Research Letters 45(22), https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078926

Pendergrass, A.G. and D.L. Hartmann, 2014: Two modes of change of the distribution of rain. Journal of Climate, 27, 8357-8371. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00182.1

Pendergrass, AG, and C Deser. 2017. “Climatological characteristics of typical daily precipitation.” Journal of Climate 30(15): 5985–6003, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0684.1

Pendergrass, A. P. J. Gleckler, L. Ruby Leung, and C. Jakob, 2020: Benchmarking simulated precipitation in Earth System Models. BAMS, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0318.1

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Tang, S., P. Gleckler, S. Xie, J. Lee, C. Covey, C. Zhang, and M. Ahn, 2021: Evaluating Diurnal and Semi-Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation in CMIP6 Models Using Satellite- and Ground-Based Observations. J. Climate. 34(8) 3189-3210, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0639.1

Trenberth, K. E., Zhang, Y., & Gehne, M. (2017). Intermittency in precipitation: Duration, frequency, intensity, and amounts using hourly data. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(5), 1393–1412. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0263.1

Wehner, M., P Gleckler, J Lee, 2020: Characterization of long period return values of extreme daily temperature and precipitation in the CMIP6 models: Part 1, model evaluation. Weather and Climate Extremes, 100283, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2020.100283