Assessing the performances of a high resolution configuration (convection-permitting in the atmosphere/non-hydrostatic in the ocean) of the Regional Earth System Model RegCM-ES over the northern Italy (Northern Mediterranean region)

Modeling the climate dynamics of the Northern Italy (northern part of the Mediterranean region) is particularly challenging due to the presence of significant orographic features such as the Alpine arc surrounding the relatively flat area of the Po Valley, strong air-sea interactions and deep water formation processes in the northern Adriatic Sea associated with Bora wind episodes and a complex river network that includes the Po river (one of the major freshwater sources of the Mediterranean Sea).