Effects of resolution and spectral nudging in simulating the effects of wintertime atmospheric river landfalls in the Western US

Jinwon Kim1, Bin Guan2, Duane Edward Waliser3, Dr. Baijun Tian, Ph.D.4, Robert Ferraro4, Jonathan Case5, Takamichi Iguchi6, Eric M Kemp7, William Putman8, Weile Wang9 and Di Wu8, (1)Korean Meteorological Administration, Seoguipo, South Korea, (2)University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)ENSCO, Inc./NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (6)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (9)CSUMB & NASA/AMES, Seaside, CA, United States