Simulation of Climatology and Interannual Variability of Spring Persistent Rains by MRI Model: Comparison of Different Horizontal Resolutions

Puxi LI; Tianjun ZHOU; Liwei ZOU; Xiaolong CHEN; Wenxia ZHANG; Zhun GUO

doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.1606.16151

Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences > 2017 > 41(3): 515-532. > DOI: 10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.1606.16151

Puxi LI, Tianjun ZHOU, Liwei ZOU, Xiaolong CHEN, Wenxia ZHANG, Zhun GUO. 2017: Simulation of Climatology and Interannual Variability of Spring Persistent Rains by MRI Model: Comparison of Different Horizontal Resolutions. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 41(3): 515-532. DOI: 10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.1606.16151

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Simulation of Climatology and Interannual Variability of Spring Persistent Rains by MRI Model: Comparison of Different Horizontal Resolutions

Puxi LI^{1, 2,},
Tianjun ZHOU^{1, 2, 3, ,},
Liwei ZOU¹,
Xiaolong CHEN¹,
Wenxia ZHANG^{1, 2},
Zhun GUO^{3, 1}

1.
State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029
2.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
3.
Climate Change Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 41420104006

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 41330423

Special Scientific Research Fund of Meteorological Public Welfare Profession of China GYHY201506012

Jiangsu collaborative Innovation center for climate change

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Received Date: March 29, 2016
Available Online: September 22, 2020
Published Date: May 14, 2017

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This study evaluated the performance of Meteorological Research Institute of Japan (MRI) atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) that participated in the Couple Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5), focusing on climatology and interannual variability of the Spring Persistent Rains (SPR) over southeastern China. Simulations of different horizontal resolutions (i.e., 120, 60, and 20 km) were also compared. The model could reasonably reproduce the main rainfall center over southeastern China in boreal spring under the three different resolutions. In comparison with the 120-km simulation, the simulation with 20-km resolution gave better results in simulating rainfall centers located in the Nanling-Wuyi Mountains, but overestimated rainfall intensity. Water vapor budget diagnosis showed that, both the 60 km and 20 km simulations tended to overestimate the water vapor convergence over southeastern China, which led to wet biases. With regard to interannual variability of SPR, the model could reasonably reproduce the anomalous lower-tropospheric anticyclone in the western North Pacific (WNPAC) and positive precipitation anomalies over southeastern China in the El Niño decaying spring. Compared with that of the 120-km simulation, the large positive biases were substantially reduced in the 60-km and 20-km resolution simulations because the horizontal moisture advection in El Niño decaying spring was more realistically simulated. The results highlight the importance of developing high resolution climate model for improving the simulation of climatology and interannual variability of SPR.

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