ICAR is a simplified atmospheric model designed primarily for climate downscaling, atmospheric sensitivity tests, and hopefully educational uses.

Model Development Team

NCAR: Ethan Gutmann (PI), Martyn Clark, Trude Eidhammer, Roy Rasmussen

Uni Research (Bergen, Norway): Idar Bartstad

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Jeff Arnold

Bureau of Reclamation: Levi Brekke

Contact: Ethan Gutmann- gutmann@ucar.edu | Julie Vano - jvano@ucar.edu

Sponsors

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, National Science Foundation

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Project information:   intermediate-complexity_downscaling

Model homepage:   https://ral.ucar.edu/projects/ICAR

Papers:

Gutmann, E., I. Barstad, M.P. Clark, J. Arnold, and R. Rasmussen, 2016: The Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research Model. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17, 957–973, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0155.1

 

Gutmann, E., T. Pruitt, M.P. Clark, L. Brekke, J.R. Arnold, D.A. Raff, and R.M. Rasmussen, 2014: An intercomparison of statistical downscaling methods used for water resource assessments in the United States. Water Resources Research, 50, 7167–7186, doi:10.1002/2014WR015559

 

Gutmann, E.D., R.M. Rasmussen, C. Liu, K. Ikeda, D.J. Gochis, M.P. Clark, J. Dudhia, and G. Thompson, 2012: A Comparison of Statistical and Dynamical Downscaling of Winter Precipitation over Complex Terrain. Journal of Climate, 25, 262–281, doi:10.1175/2011JCLI4109.1

 

Barstad, I., and S. Gronas, 2006: Dynamical structures for southwesterly airflow over southern Norway: the role of dissipation. Tellus Series a-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 58, 2-18, doi:doi:10.1111/j.1600- 0870.2006.00152.x