Verification of precipitation forecasts of MM5 model over Epirus, NW Greece, for various convective parameterization schemes

The mesoscale meteorological model MM5 is applied to 22 selected days with intense precipitation in the region of Epirus, NW Greece. At first, it was investigated whether and to what extend an increased horizontal resolution (from 8 to 2 km) improves the quantitative precipitation forecasts. The mod...

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Main Authors: O. A. Sindosi, A. Bartzokas, V. Kotroni, K. Lagouvardos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-05-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/1393/2012/nhess-12-1393-2012.pdf