Regional climate simulations with the ALARO-0 model by the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium and Ghent University (RMIB-UGent).
Dynamical downscaling on the CORDEX EUR-11 domain and HRes domain over Belgium at convection-permitting scale.
Model name: ALARO-0
Important reference: Giot et al. 2016: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1143-2016 Resolution: RCM: 50 km and 12.5 km; LAM: 4 km
Nr. vertical levels: 46
Time step (s): 900 (50 km); 300 (12.5 km); 180 (4 km)
Important scheme: 3MT
Focal time series / severity index: (Sub-)hourly precipitation
Host GCM: ERA-Interim / ARPEGE
Non-hydrostatic: no
Van de Vyver, Hans; Van Schaeybroeck, Bert; De Troch, Rozemien; De Cruz, Lesley; Hamdi, Rafiq; Villanueva-Birriel, Cecille; Marbaix, Philippe; van Ypersele, Jean-Pascal; Wouters, Hendrik; Vanden Broucke, Sam; van Lipzig, Nicole P.M.; Doutreloup, Sébastien; Wyard, Coraline; Scholzen, Chloé; Fettweis, Xavier; Caluwaerts, Steven; Termonia, Piet (2021). Regional climate simulations with the RMIB-UGent ALARO-0 model. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/CORDEX.be_RMIB-UGent_ALARO-0
SQA - Scientific Quality Assurance 'approved by author'
Result Date
2021-04-15
Technical Quality Assurance (TQA)
TQA - Technical Quality Assurance 'approved by WDCC'
Description
1. Number of data sets is correct and > 0: passed; 2. Size of every data set is > 0: passed; 3. The data sets and corresponding metadata are accessible: passed; 4. The data sizes are controlled and correct: passed; 5. The temporal coverage description (metadata) is consistent to the data, time steps are correct: passed; 6. The format is correct: passed; 7. Variable description and data are consistent: passed
Method
WDCC-TQA checklist
Method Description
Checks performed by WDCC. The list of TQA metrics are documented in the 'WDCC User Guide for Data Publication' Chapter 8.1.1
[1] DOIGiot, Olivier; Termonia, Piet; Degrauwe, Daan; De Troch, Rozemien; Caluwaerts, Steven; Smet, Geert; Berckmans, Julie; Deckmyn, Alex; De Cruz, Lesley; De Meutter, Pieter; Duerinckx, Annelies; Gerard, Luc; Hamdi, Rafiq; Van den Bergh, Joris; Van Ginderachter, Michiel; Van Schaeybroeck, Bert. (2016). Validation of the ALARO-0 model within the EURO-CORDEX framework. doi:10.5194/gmd-9-1143-2016