Tropical cyclones in global storm-resolving models

Recent progress in computing and model development has initiated the era of global storm-resolving modeling, and with it the potential to transform weather and climate prediction. Within the general theme of vetting this new class of models, the present study evaluates nine global-storm resolving models in their ability to simulate tropical cyclones (TCs). Results indicate that, broadly speaking, the models produce realistic TCs and remove longstanding issues known from global models such as the deficiency in accurately simulating TC intensity. However, TCs are strongly affected by model formulation, and all models suffer from unique biases regarding the number of TCs, intensity, size, and structure. Some models simulated TCs better than others, but no single model was superior in every way. The overall results indicate that global storm-resolving models can open a new chapter in TC prediction, but they need to be improved to unleash their full potential.

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Author Judt, Falko
KLOCKE, D.
Rios-Berrios, Rosimar
VANNIERE, B.
ZIEMEN, F.
Auger, L.
BIERCAMP, J.
BRETHERTON, C.
Chen, X.
DÜBEN, P.
HOHENEGGER, C.
KHAIROUTDINOV, M.
KODAMA, C.
KORNBLUEH, L.
LIN, S.
NAKANO, M.
NEUMANN, P.
PUTMAN, W.
RÖBER, N.
ROBERTS, M.
SATOH, M.
SHIBUYA, R.
Stevens, B.
VIDALE, P. L.
WEDI, N.
ZHOU, L.
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2021-06-01T00:00:00
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Metadata Date 2025-07-11T16:14:52.169871
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Suggested Citation Judt, Falko, KLOCKE, D., Rios-Berrios, Rosimar, VANNIERE, B., ZIEMEN, F., Auger, L., BIERCAMP, J., BRETHERTON, C., Chen, X., DÜBEN, P., HOHENEGGER, C., KHAIROUTDINOV, M., KODAMA, C., KORNBLUEH, L., LIN, S., NAKANO, M., NEUMANN, P., PUTMAN, W., RÖBER, N., ROBERTS, M., SATOH, M., SHIBUYA, R., Stevens, B., VIDALE, P. L., WEDI, N., ZHOU, L.. (2021). Tropical cyclones in global storm-resolving models. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d77m0cc0. Accessed 05 November 2025.

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