Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-863-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-863-2025
Research article
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01 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 01 Sep 2025

Benefits of kilometer-scale climate modeling for winds in complex terrain: strong versus weak winds

Danijel Belušić and Petter Lind

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2025-1281', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Apr 2025
  • RC2: 'more information on the categorization and interpretation of the results are needed', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Apr 2025
  • AC1: 'Final response on egusphere-2025-1281', Danijel Belušić, 02 Jun 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Danijel Belušić on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jun 2025) by Juerg Schmidli
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 Jun 2025)
ED: Publish as is (20 Jun 2025) by Juerg Schmidli
AR by Danijel Belušić on behalf of the Authors (21 Jun 2025)
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Short summary
Kilometer (km)-scale climate models have large added value for modeling precipitation, but their benefits for winds are less studied. We show that the km-scale model better reproduces strong winds in complex terrain, which are up to twice as strong as in a coarser model, and can capture downslope glacier winds in higher terrain. Future changes in mean and strong winds are governed by the large-scale circulation change, whereas for weak winds, they are governed by the temperature change, which is less uncertain.
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