High-Resolution Climate Simulations in the Tropics with Complex Terrain Employing the CESM/WRF Model

<table class="table-group" id="tab6"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Metric</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3">Precipitation for 20 y</td><td class="align_center" colspan="3">20 y average precipitation</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Annual</td><td class="align_center">Rain season</td><td class="align_center">Dry season</td><td class="align_center">Annual</td><td class="align_center">Rain season</td><td class="align_center">Dry season</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">RMSD</td><td class="align_center">846.71 (36.41)</td><td class="align_center">627.55 (39.54)</td><td class="align_center">606.12 (58.61)</td><td class="align_center">419.08 (18.02)</td><td class="align_center">271.03 (17.08)</td><td class="align_center">257.93 (24.94)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">MD</td><td class="align_center">−304.58 (−13.10)</td><td class="align_center">−163.79 (−10.32)</td><td class="align_center">−197.10 (−19.06)</td><td class="align_center">−304.58 (−13.10)</td><td class="align_center">−163.79 (−10.32)</td><td class="align_center">−197.10 (−19.06)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CC</td><td class="align_center">0.73</td><td class="align_center">0.71</td><td class="align_center">0.62</td><td class="align_center">0.95</td><td class="align_center">0.96</td><td class="align_center">0.95</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>RMSDs and MDs in the brackets are in percentages of the mean of ERA/WRF.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>RMSDs, MDs (<i>E</i>[ERA/WRF − CESM/WRF]), and CCs of CESM/WRF and ERA/WRF for simulated precipitation for 20 y and 20-y average precipitation for annual and rainy and dry seasons, where both CESM/WRF and ERA/WRF are at 10 km resolution.</div>

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Table 6: High-Resolution Climate Simulations in the Tropics with Complex Terrain Employing the CESM/WRF Model 