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Evaluation of surface air temperature in the HARMONIE-AROME weather model during a heatwave in the coastal city of Turku, Finland




TekijätSuomi Juuso, Saranko Olli, Partanen Antti-Ilari, Fortelius Carl, Gonzales-Inca Carlos, Käyhkö Jukka

KustantajaElsevier

Julkaisuvuosi2024

JournalUrban Climate

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiUrban Climate

Artikkelin numero101811

Vuosikerta53

ISSN2212-0955

eISSN2212-0955

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101811

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101811

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/381223534


Tiivistelmä
Performance of meso-scale numerical weather prediction model HARMONIE-AROME was assessed for a summer-time heatwave in a high-latitude coastal city of Turku in SW Finland. Representativeness of the model's ECOCLIMAP-SG based physiographic land cover specification with a resolution of 750 m was assessed against the 20 m resolution CORINE Land Cover (CLC) dataset. Moreover, the modelled 2 m air temperatures were compared with temperature observations recorded at 74 sites of the local climate observation network. Correlation analysis between the model's physiographic data (PGD) and CLC shows a statistically significant (p ≤ 0.01) match between the datasets in 76% of the land cover types, indicating mainly a good representativeness of the HARMONIE-AROME's land cover parameterization in the study area. The cases of mismatch are mostly related to the differences in ECOCLIMAP-SG and CLC classification principles and/or resolution, and thus can not be considered to indicate poor representativeness of the ECOCLIMAP-SG classification in the area. The HARMONIE-AROME modelled temperatures were on average slightly higher than the observed temperatures, and the difference was largest for daily minimum temperatures. Heterogeneity of land cover and topography inside a 750 m grid cell was related to larger difference between the modelled and observed temperature.

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