Assessment of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for simulation of extreme rainfall events in the upper Ganga Basin

Chawla, Ila; Osuri, Krishna K.; Mujumdar, Pradeep P.; Niyogi, Dev

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1095-2018

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Assessment of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for simulation of extreme rainfall events in the upper Ganga Basin

Ila Chawla, Krishna K. Osuri, Pradeep P. Mujumdar, and Dev Niyogi

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RC1: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Responses to the comments of Referee #1', Ila Chawla, 25 Nov 2017
RC2: 'hess-2017-533', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Responses to the comments of Referee #2', Ila Chawla, 25 Nov 2017

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Dec 2017) by Ana Mijic

AR by Ila Chawla on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

For realistic flood predictions, it is necessary to have accurate rainfall estimates. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is often used to correctly simulate heavy rainfall events, but setting up the model over a region is a challenging task. In this study, the sensitivity of the WRF model is assessed for physics schemes, parameterization options, land surface models and downscaling ratios, by simulating several extreme rainfall events in the Ganges basin.