Simulation Skills of RegCM4 for Diurnal Variations of Temperature and Precipitation over South Korea according to the Boundary Conditions
This study investigates the simulation skills of RegCM4 for Diurnal Variations (DV) of temperature and precipitation over South Korea according to the Lateral Boundary Conditions (LBCs) using two sets of 30-yr (1981-2010) integration with two LBCs (RG4_HG2: HadGEM2-AO and RG4_ EH6: EHCAM6). In general, RegCM4 successfully reproduces the DV of temperature irrespective of LBCs and seasons. The DV of temperature is well captured in the coastal region compared to that over inland area irrespective of LBCs and season although the magnitude of DV is underestimated. However, it fails to simulate the early morning peak of precipitation irrespective of LBCs, in particular, for summer and autumn although it captures the late afternoon peak over the inland region. And the impacts of LBCs on the simulation skills of RegCM4 for the DV of precipitation are more prominent during summer than other seasons. As a result, the simulation skill of RG4_HG2 for the DV of temperature is better than RG4_ EH6, but the simulation skill for the DV of precipitation is opposite. In general, the impacts of LBCs on the simulation skills for the DV of temperature and precipitation of RegCM4 are different according to the season, time and geographic location.