Bukovsky, Melissa S., Changhai Liu, National Center
for Atmospheric Research/IMAGe
Using WRF, we have been
further downscaling regional climate simulations done with a different version
of WRF for the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program
(NARCCAP). NARCCAP simulations
cover nearly all of North America and have a resolution of 50-km, which we have
further dynamically downscaled to 10-km over the Western U.S. In this presentation, we will examine
the downscaled and double-downscaled simulations that use the NCEP-DOE
Reanalysis 2 (NCEP) as the root provider for their initial and lateral boundary
conditions. That is, we will
provide an overview of the impact of further downscaling on the NCEP-driven
NARCCAP WRF simulation.