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Improving Confidence in Model-Based Probable Maximum Precipitation: How Important is Model Uncertainty in Storm Reconstruction and Maximization?

机译：Improving Confidence in Model-Based Probable Maximum Precipitation: How Important is Model Uncertainty in Storm Reconstruction and Maximization?

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We analyze uncertainty in model-based estimates of probable maximum precipitation (PMP) as used in dam spillway design. Our focus is on model-based PMP derived from Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model reconstructions of severe historical storms, amplified by the addition of moisture in the boundary conditions so-called relative humidity maximization (RHM). By scaling moisture and predicting the resulting precipitation, the model-based approach arguably is more realistic than currently used techniques documented in NOAA's Hydrometeoro-logical Reports (HMRs), which assume that precipitation scales linearly with moisture. Despite the important improve-ment this represents, model-based PMP is subject to several sources of uncertainty that have slowed adoption in operational settings. We analyze an ensemble of PMP simulations that reflect recognized sources of uncertainty including the following: 1) initial condition error, 2) choice of physics parameterizations, and 3) upscale propagating model errors. We apply this ensemble approach to the Feather River watershed (Oroville Dam) in California for the storms of February 1986 and January 1997, which produced some of the largest floods on record at that location, after carrying out in-depth evaluations of model reconstructions. Differences in the maximized 72-h precipitation totals across the 56 ensemble mem-bers we produced for each storm are modest, ranging from 67 of ensemble mean. Our results suggest that while model-based PMP estimates should be interpreted as a range of values, model uncertainty appears to be relatively small for the major atmospheric river-driven flood events we investigated.

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