Multiscale performance of the ALARO-0 model for simulating extreme summer precipitation climatology in Belgium

Daily summer precipitation over Belgium from the Aire Limitée Adaptation Dynamique Développement International (ALADIN) model and a version of the model that has been updated with physical parameterizations, the so-called ALARO-0 model [ALADIN and AROME (Application de la Recherche à l'Opérationnel à Meso-Echelle) combined model, first baseline version released in 1998], are compared with respect to station observations for the period 1961–90. The 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis (ERA-40) is dynamically downscaled using both models on a horizontal resolution... Mehr ...