Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN

We present an application and validation of the SAFRAN meteorological analysis system for north-east Spain. SAFRAN is also compared to the SPAN analysis system and the meteorological model HIRLAM-HNR, both operational at AEMET. This application of SAFRAN is intended for hydrological studies. This is...

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Autores: Quintana Seguí, Pere, Peral, Carmen, Turco, Marco, Llasat Botija, María del Carmen, Martin, E.
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Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Meteorologia
Hidrologia
Meteorology
Hydrology
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spelling Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPANQuintana Seguí, PerePeral, CarmenTurco, MarcoLlasat Botija, María del CarmenMartin, E.MeteorologiaHidrologiaMeteorologyHydrologyWe present an application and validation of the SAFRAN meteorological analysis system for north-east Spain. SAFRAN is also compared to the SPAN analysis system and the meteorological model HIRLAM-HNR, both operational at AEMET. This application of SAFRAN is intended for hydrological studies. This is the first study that shows an application of SAFRAN outside of France and that compares it with SPAN. This is also the first article validating SPAN's rainfall values. Using one year of observational data, the results show that both SAFRAN and SPAN have a similar performance, which is also similar to SAFRAN's performance in France. Thus, SAFRAN and SPAN are both good tools to force land surface models at high resolution in the area of SAFRAN works under the assumption of the existence of climatically homogeneous zones. Two different sets of zones were tested, one based on the AEMET meteorological warning zones and another one based on hydrological catchments. Better results were obtained when using meteorological warning zones. However, the difference is small. In north-east Spain, SAFRAN has the same limitations that were previously shown in France: the spatial structure of the fields is not realistic enough and wind speed is underestimated. As expected, both SAFRAN and SPAN work better in flat areas than over areas of steep relief. This can be a problem in hydrological studies, especially for the Ebro river basin, where most of the runoff is generated in the PyreneesInternational Society for Environmental Information Sciences2018201820162018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion15 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/121874Articles publicats en revistes (Física Aplicada)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3808/jei.201600335Journal of Environmental Informatics, 2016, vol. 27, num. 2, p. 116-130https://doi.org/10.3808/jei.201600335info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/603608(c) International Society for Environmental Information Sciences, 2016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1218742026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN
title Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN
spellingShingle Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN
Quintana Seguí, Pere
Meteorologia
Hidrologia
Meteorology
Hydrology
title_short Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN
title_full Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN
title_fullStr Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN
title_full_unstemmed Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN
title_sort Meteorological analysis systems in North-East Spain : validation of SAFRAN and SPAN
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Quintana Seguí, Pere
Peral, Carmen
Turco, Marco
Llasat Botija, María del Carmen
Martin, E.
author Quintana Seguí, Pere
author_facet Quintana Seguí, Pere
Peral, Carmen
Turco, Marco
Llasat Botija, María del Carmen
Martin, E.
author_role author
author2 Peral, Carmen
Turco, Marco
Llasat Botija, María del Carmen
Martin, E.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Meteorologia
Hidrologia
Meteorology
Hydrology
topic Meteorologia
Hidrologia
Meteorology
Hydrology
description We present an application and validation of the SAFRAN meteorological analysis system for north-east Spain. SAFRAN is also compared to the SPAN analysis system and the meteorological model HIRLAM-HNR, both operational at AEMET. This application of SAFRAN is intended for hydrological studies. This is the first study that shows an application of SAFRAN outside of France and that compares it with SPAN. This is also the first article validating SPAN's rainfall values. Using one year of observational data, the results show that both SAFRAN and SPAN have a similar performance, which is also similar to SAFRAN's performance in France. Thus, SAFRAN and SPAN are both good tools to force land surface models at high resolution in the area of SAFRAN works under the assumption of the existence of climatically homogeneous zones. Two different sets of zones were tested, one based on the AEMET meteorological warning zones and another one based on hydrological catchments. Better results were obtained when using meteorological warning zones. However, the difference is small. In north-east Spain, SAFRAN has the same limitations that were previously shown in France: the spatial structure of the fields is not realistic enough and wind speed is underestimated. As expected, both SAFRAN and SPAN work better in flat areas than over areas of steep relief. This can be a problem in hydrological studies, especially for the Ebro river basin, where most of the runoff is generated in the Pyrenees
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