@misc{OgajaWill, author = {Ogaja, Jack and Will, Andreas}, title = {Fourth order, conservative discretization of horizontal Euler equations in the COSMO model and regional climate simulations}, series = {Meteorologische Zeitschrift}, volume = {25}, journal = {Meteorologische Zeitschrift}, number = {5}, issn = {1610-1227}, doi = {10.1127/metz/2016/0645}, pages = {577 -- 605}, abstract = {Horizontal spatial schemes of third order and above used for discretization of COSMO (Consortium for Small Scale Modeling) Euler equations can be described as quasi-higher order schemes since interpolation of the advecting velocities and differencing of the pressure gradient term remain second order accurate. For NWP and Regional Climate modeling, upwind schemes of either third or fifth order have been recommended combined with an explicit numerical diffusion. We have implemented fully fourth order central difference horizontal schemes for the model's Euler equations with two types of discretization of the advection terms: the first is a natural extension of the COSMO fourth order scheme by introducing fourth order interpolation of the advecting velocity, and the second is a symmetric type discretization which is shown to conserve the rotational part of kinetic energy. We combine both advection schemes with fourth order discretization of the pressure gradient term. To make the schemes completely fourth order, we consider all metric terms resulting from coordinated transformations. Theoretical analysis of the new schemes compared to the model's existing third order upwind scheme exhibits: a slightly increased group velocity error due to a wider stencil, a similar dispersive error, a significant reduction of the amplitude error, a significantly minimized aliasing error due to symmetric advection-discretization, and a significant increase in effective Courant number which potentially allows longer time steps. Using 20-year climate simulations, we show that the new symmetric fourth order scheme is more stable than the extended COSMO fourth order scheme and third order upwind scheme, and that an explicit numerical diffusion can be avoided when using the symmetric scheme. We show that a 20\% dispersive (phase) and diffusive (amplitude) errors limit result to the model's effective resolution of approximately 5Δx for all 4th and 3rd order schemes. Considering the same error limit for simulated kinetic energy spectra show that the horizontal numerical diffusion is reducing the model's effective resolution to more than 10Δx and thus using the symmetric 4th order scheme without explicit horizontal diffusion increases the effective resolution by a factor of two to approximately 5Δx. We further show that both implicit diffusion in upwind schemes and explicit numerical diffusion necessary for the current model's stable runs have effects of equal magnitude on the model's predicted climatologies. Climatologies show that fourth order schemes enhance vertical turbulence mixing in the planetary boundary layer which reduces parameterized convection. This consequently results to approximately 20\% peak reduction of summer precipitation and an increase of approximately 0.5 degrees Kelvin in summer 2m air temperature.}, language = {en} } @misc{WillOgaja, author = {Will, Andreas and Ogaja, Jack}, title = {Higher order horizontal schemes in COSMO 5 . 0 at different resolutions}, series = {CLM-Community Newsletter}, volume = {8}, journal = {CLM-Community Newsletter}, pages = {7 -- 8}, language = {en} } @misc{WeiherAkhtarBrauchetal., author = {Weiher, Stefan and Akhtar, Naveed and Brauch, Jennifer and Breil, Marcus and Davin, Edouard and Ho-Hagemann, Ha T. M. and Maisonnave, Eric and Th{\"u}rkow, Markus and Will, Andreas}, title = {Coupling of the regional climate model COSMO-CLM using OASIS3-MCT with regional ocean, land surface or global atmosphere model: description and performance}, series = {Geoscientific Model Development}, volume = {47}, journal = {Geoscientific Model Development}, issn = {1991-9603}, doi = {10.5194/gmd-2016-47}, pages = {1 -- 61}, abstract = {We present the prototype of a regional climate system model based on the COSMO-CLM regional climate model coupled with several model components, analyze the performance of the couplings and present a strategy to find an optimum configuration with respect to computational costs and time to solution. The OASIS3-MCT coupler is used to couple COSMO-CLM with two land surface models (CLM and VEG3D), a regional ocean model for the Mediterranean Sea (NEMO-MED12), two ocean models for the North and Baltic Sea (NEMO-NORDIC and TRIMNP+CICE) and the atmospheric component of an earth system model (MPI-ESM). We present a unified OASIS3-MCT interface which handles all couplings in a similar way, minimizes the model source code modifications and describes the physics and numerics of the couplings. Furthermore, we discuss solutions for specific regional coupling problems like handling of different domains, multiple usage of MCT interpolation library and efficient exchange of 3D fields. A series of real-case simulations over Europe has been conducted and the computational performance of the couplings has been analyzed. The usage of the LUCIA tool of the OASIS3-MCT coupler enabled separation of the direct costs of: coupling, load imbalance and additional computations. The resulting limits for time to solution and costs are shown and the potential of further improvement of the computational efficiency is summarized for each coupling. It was found that the OASIS3-MCT coupler keeps the direct coupling costs of communication and horizontal interpolation small in comparison with the costs of the additional computations and load imbalance for all investigated couplings. For the first time this could be demonstrated for an exchange of approximately 450 2D fields per time step necessary for the atmosphere-atmosphere coupling between COSMO-CLM and MPI-ESM. A procedure for finding an optimum configuration for each of the couplings was developed considering the time to solution and costs of the simulations. The optimum configurations are presented for sequential and concurrent coupling layouts. The procedure applied can be regarded as independent on the specific coupling layout and coupling details.}, language = {en} } @misc{FruehWillCastro, author = {Fr{\"u}h, Barbara and Will, Andreas and Castro, Christopher}, title = {Editorial: Recent developments in Regional Climate Modelling with COSMO‑CLM}, series = {Meteorologische Zeitschrift}, volume = {25}, journal = {Meteorologische Zeitschrift}, number = {2}, issn = {1610-1227}, doi = {10.1127/metz/2016/0788}, pages = {119 -- 120}, abstract = {The COSMO model in CLimate Model (COSMO-CLM or CCLM) is one of the most advanced Regional Climate Model with respect to its model dynamics, numeric, and physical parameterization options. It is widely used for climate research, climate mitigation and adaptation studies, as the model is specifically designed for simulation at a convective-permitting, meso-γ spatial resolution on the order of 1 km which: • has a well-tested range of applicability, encompassing operational numerical weather prediction (COSMO), regional climate modelling for retrospective and future projection (COSMO-CLM), idealised studies (ITC) and the dispersion of trace gases and aerosol (ART) on weather forecast to interannual time scales, • was successfully applied in several regions of the world, and especially widely within Europe • has widely been used to downscale the results of global climate models and, • is well documented.}, language = {en} } @misc{FruehWillCastro, author = {Fr{\"u}h, Barbara and Will, Andreas and Castro, Christopher}, title = {Editorial: Recent developments in Regional Climate 1 Modelling with COSMO-CLM, Part 2}, series = {Meteorologische Zeitschrift}, volume = {25}, journal = {Meteorologische Zeitschrift}, number = {5}, issn = {1610-1227}, doi = {10.1127/metz/2016/0823}, pages = {S. 529}, abstract = {The special issue "Recent developments in Regional Climate Modelling with COSMO-CLM" aims to present 7 model developments of high relevance for the climate mode, model evaluation of new model versions and results 8 of model application down to local scale. In the first part, published in May 2016 (http://www.schweizerbart.de/ 9 papers/metz/list/25\#issue2) eight articles are presented. In this second part further key aspects of high resolution 10 regional climate modelling are addressed in five articles.}, language = {en} }