First Review for the manuscript entitled « ICON in Climate Limited-area Mode (ICON Release Version 2.6.1) : a new regional climate model » by Van Pham et al [post]

Anonymous
2020 unpublished
Dear Editor I have reviewed the manuscript entitled "ICON in Climate Limited-area Mode (ICON Release Version 2.6.1): a new regional climate model" by Van Pham et al. The manuscript presents a new regional climate model (RCM) based on the recent ICON model family developed by DWD and other institutes in Germany. This model is thought to replace CCLM. The manuscript recalls the context and history of this new development, presents the model configuration and the simulation setup for an evaluation
more » ... run and shows the evaluation results with respect to state-of-the art reference datasets (observation-based gridded products) and a CCLM reference run. The birth C1 GMDD Interactive comment Printer-friendly version Discussion paper C11
doi:10.5194/gmd-2020-20-rc2 fatcat:xz6emohnvvhnlikxifxxcpzsrm