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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-16915-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-16915-2025
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26 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 26 Nov 2025

Parameterization adaption needed to unlock the benefits of increased resolution for the ITCZ in ICON

Clarissa A. Kroll, Robert C. Jnglin Wills, Luis Kornblueh, Ulrike Niemeier, and Andrea Schneidereit

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The double Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is a prominent precipitation bias in climate models. We demonstrate its persistence from a resolution of 160 km up to 5 km. Its root cause lies in biased moisture transport from the subtropics to the inner tropics reducing convection and weakening tropical circulation. Increasing the surface wind speed addresses the bias, but deteriorates the global circulation. This highlights the importance of resolution hierarchies and parametrization development.
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