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Description Regional Climate Models
The participating Regional Climate Models (RCMs) in the CORDEX.be project are:
The main technical features of the models are given in the table below. The description of the acronyms and abbreviations can be found here.
The main features of the Regional Climate Models
| Model name | Important reference | Resolution |
Nr. vertical levels | Time step (s) | Important scheme | Focal time series / severity index | Host GCM | Non-hydrostatic |
| ALARO-0 | De Troch et al. (2013); Giot et al. (2016). | RCM: 50 km and 12.5 km; LAM: 4 km | 46 | 900 (50 km); 300 (12.5 km); 180 (4 km) | Cloud scheme: 3MT | Hourly precipitation | ARPEGE | - |
| COSMO-CLM (UCL) V. 5.0-CLM6 | Kotlarski et al. (2014) | LAM: 2.8 km | 40 | 20 | Microphysics scheme | Hail mixing ratio and number concentration, detailed precipitation | MPI-ESM | ✔ |
| COSMO-CLM V. 6.0-CLM6 +TERRA_URB V. 2.0 | Rockel et al. (2008); Wouters et al., (2016). | RCM: 12.5 km; LAM: 2.8 km | 40 | 80 (12.5 km); 20 (2.8 km) | Standard physics parameterization of CLIMAQs + urban parameterization | Precipitation, UHI | EC-EARTH | ✔ |
| MAR V. 3.6 | Wyard et al. (2016) | RCM: 50 km and 12.5 km; LAM: 5 km | 30 | Snow variables | Snowfall events and snowmelt events inducing floods | Different GCMs | - |