Global and Technical Aspects of the HyperFACETS Dynamical Downscaling Simulations over North America by the CAM-MPAS Variable-Resolution Model

Koichi Sakaguchi1, Leung Ruby2, Colin M. Zarzycki3, Jihyeon Jang4, Seth A McGinnis5, Bryce E Harrop6, William C Skamarock7, Andrew Gettelman5, Chun Zhao8, William J Gutowski Jr9, Stephen Leak10 and Linda Mearns11, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Penn State University, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, State College, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Richland, WA, United States, (7)Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)USTC University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Hefei, China, (9)Iowa State Univ, Ames, United States, (10)The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Berkeley, United States, (11)NCAR, RAL, Boulder, CO, United States