A Study of the 24-26 March 2015 Rainfall Event over the Atacama Desert (Chile) using WRF Simulations

Sebastian Felipe Otarola1, Ricardo Alcafuz2, Reneta Dimitrova3, Laura Sandra Leo4, Cristian R Escauriaza1, Rodrigo Arroyo2, Gonzalo Yáñez Morroni5 and Harindra Joseph Fernando4, (1)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (2)Chilean Meteorological Agency, Office of Modeling and Development, Santiago, Chile, (3)National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Sofia, Bulgaria, (4)University of Notre Dame, Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (5)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Santiago, Chile