The global atmospheric reanalyses suffer from limitations associated with their coarse spatial resolution; they do not allow adequately resolving small-scale physical processes. In this sense, the main objective of the project is to investigate the ability to produce high-resolution atmospheric fields using mesoscale integrations to resolve the details of small-scale processes.
To achieve that objective, measurements from traditional sensors such as soundings, remote sensors (UHF and VHF profilers, GPS or satellites) and estimations by means of numerical models (WRF and WRFDA) have been used with the aim of closing the atmospheric hydrological cycle over the Iberian Peninsula.
The outcome of the project is an improved high-resolution quantitative estimate of atmospheric moisture balance over the Iberian Peninsula.
This work was supported by grants (CGL2013-45198-C2-1-R and CGL2016-76561-R, MINECO/ERDF, UE). S.J.G.R. is supported by a FPI Predoctoral Research grant (MINECO, BES-2014-069977). Additional funding was received from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, GIU 14/03). Intensive computational resources used in the project were provided by I2BASQUE.