CER v2

CER v2 is the Central Europe Refined analysis version 2 described in the 2025 journal article by Bart, Schmidt et al., published in Meteorologische Zeitschrift. It provides a long-term, high-resolution regional precipitation analysis for the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region.

Why it matters

CER v2 shows how Dynamical downscaling can translate coarse large-scale forcing into regionally meaningful hydroclimate information. In that sense it complements the Galapagos work while addressing a very different climate regime and application context.

Research role

• Large-scale forcing from ERA5 reanalysis
• Regional simulation with WRF
• Strong emphasis on evaluating multi-decadal Precipitation behavior in a metropolitan region

For my broader research profile, CER v2 connects tropical island climate analysis with regional climate work centered on Berlin and TU Berlin’s climatology context.

See also: Regional climate modeling, urban climate, Dynamical downscaling