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72<br />

Will, A., M. Baldauf, B. Rockel, A. Seifert, “Physics and<br />

Dynamics of the COSMO-CLM”, Meteorol. Z.,<br />

submitted<br />

Figure 3. Monthly mean of the diurnal cycle of the<br />

2m temperature in July 2007 as simulated with CCLM<br />

for the gridpoint next to Obervellach (808m ASL) in<br />

the Hohe Tauern region. Solid: 10 km resolution;<br />

dashed: 3 km; dash-dotted: 1 km; dotted: observation.<br />

The height difference between the four members is<br />

taken into account using a constant lapse rate of 6.5K<br />

per km.<br />

overestimated also in the 1 km domain.<br />

The diurnal cycle of precipitation shows that at the 10 km<br />

resolution there are two maxima of precipitation, one in the<br />

morning around 8 UTC, one in the late evening around<br />

22 UTC. The two other resolutions have the first maximum<br />

two to three hours later while the second maximum occurs<br />

one hour earlier. The intensity is captured well at all<br />

resolutions.<br />

4. Conclusions so far<br />

The preliminary results show that increased model<br />

resolution does not necessarily mitigate model biases (after<br />

altitude correction) but yield more realistic spatial patterns<br />

and partially improve the diurnal cycle. Further, more<br />

systematic evaluation results will be presented..<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

The authors would like to thank the University Information<br />

Service of the University of Graz for the provision of the<br />

computing infrastructure, the Central Institute for<br />

Meteorology and Geodynamics and the avalanche warning<br />

services of Tyrol, Salzburg and Carinthia for providing<br />

observation data. This study is part of the project NHCM-1<br />

(P19619-N10) funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).<br />

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Kirchengast, G., T. Kabas, S. Binder, A. Leuprecht, C.<br />

Bichler, “Pionierexperiment WegenerNet Klimastationsnetz:<br />

Ein neuartiges Messnetz in der Region Feldbach<br />

(Steiermark/Österreich) zur Beobachtung von Wetter<br />

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Verlag Graz, Wiss. Ber. Nr. 23-2008, 2008<br />

Suklitsch, M., A. Gobiet, A. Leuprecht and C. Frei, “High<br />

Resolution Sensitivity Studies with the Regional Climate<br />

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4, pp. 467-476, 2008.<br />

Uppala, S. M., P. W. Kållberg, A. J. Simmons, U. Andrae,<br />

V. da Costa Bechtold, M. Fiorino, J. K. Gibson, J.<br />

Haseler et al, “The ERA-40 re-analysis”, Quart. J. Roy.<br />

Meteor. Soc., 131, 2961-3012, 2005

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