Regional atmospheric reanalysis activities at Deutscher Wetterdienst: review of evaluation results and application examples with a focus on renewable energy
2020
Abstract. Based on the numerical weather prediction model COSMO of Germany's national
meteorological service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD), regional reanalysis
datasets have been developed with grid spacing of up to 2 km. This
development started as a fundamental research activity within the
Hans-Ertel-Centre for Weather Research (HErZ) at the University of Bonn and
the University of Cologne. Today, COSMO reanalyses are an established
product of the DWD and have been widely used in applications on European and
national German level. Successful applications of COSMO reanalyses include
renewable energy assessments as well as meteorological risk estimates. The
COSMO reanalysis datasets are now publicly available and provide
spatio-temporal consistent data of atmospheric parameters covering both
near-surface conditions and vertical profiles. This article reviews the
status of the COSMO reanalyses, including evaluation results and
applications. In many studies, evaluation of the COSMO reanalyses point to
an overall good quality and often an added value compared to different
contemporary global reanalysis datasets. We further outline current plans
for the further development and application of regional reanalyses in the
HErZ research group Cologne/Bonn in collaboration with the DWD.
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