WRF Model Study of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet: Effects of Grid Spacing and Boundary Layer ParameterizationSource: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2018:;volume 057:;issue 010::page 2375DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0361.1Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractPrevious studies have shown that the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model often underpredicts the strength of the Great Plains nocturnal low-level jet (NLLJ), which has implications for weather, climate, aviation, air quality, and wind energy in the region. During the Lower Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (LABLE) conducted in 2012, NLLJs were frequently observed at high temporal resolution, allowing for detailed documentation of their development and evolution throughout the night. Ten LABLE cases with observed NLLJs were chosen to systematically evaluate the WRF Model?s ability to reproduce the observed NLLJs. Model runs were performed with 4-, 2-, and 1-km horizontal spacing and with the default stretched vertical grid and a nonstretched 40-m vertically spaced grid to investigate which grid configurations are optimal for NLLJ modeling. These tests were conducted using three common boundary layer parameterization schemes: Mellor?Yamada Nakanishi Niino, Yonsei University, and Quasi-Normal Scale Elimination. It was found that refining horizontal spacing does not necessarily improve the modeled NLLJ wind. Increasing the number of vertical levels on a non-stretched grid provides more information about the structure of the NLLJ with some schemes, but the benefit is limited by computational expense and model stability. Simulations of the NLLJ were found to be less sensitive to boundary layer parameterization than to grid configuration. The Quasi-Normal Scale Elimination scheme was chosen for future NLLJ simulation studies.
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contributor author | Smith, Elizabeth N. | |
contributor author | Gibbs, Jeremy A. | |
contributor author | Fedorovich, Evgeni | |
contributor author | Klein, Petra M. | |
date accessioned | 2019-09-19T10:06:54Z | |
date available | 2019-09-19T10:06:54Z | |
date copyright | 8/31/2018 12:00:00 AM | |
date issued | 2018 | |
identifier other | jamc-d-17-0361.1.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl1/handle/yetl/4261684 | |
description abstract | AbstractPrevious studies have shown that the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model often underpredicts the strength of the Great Plains nocturnal low-level jet (NLLJ), which has implications for weather, climate, aviation, air quality, and wind energy in the region. During the Lower Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (LABLE) conducted in 2012, NLLJs were frequently observed at high temporal resolution, allowing for detailed documentation of their development and evolution throughout the night. Ten LABLE cases with observed NLLJs were chosen to systematically evaluate the WRF Model?s ability to reproduce the observed NLLJs. Model runs were performed with 4-, 2-, and 1-km horizontal spacing and with the default stretched vertical grid and a nonstretched 40-m vertically spaced grid to investigate which grid configurations are optimal for NLLJ modeling. These tests were conducted using three common boundary layer parameterization schemes: Mellor?Yamada Nakanishi Niino, Yonsei University, and Quasi-Normal Scale Elimination. It was found that refining horizontal spacing does not necessarily improve the modeled NLLJ wind. Increasing the number of vertical levels on a non-stretched grid provides more information about the structure of the NLLJ with some schemes, but the benefit is limited by computational expense and model stability. Simulations of the NLLJ were found to be less sensitive to boundary layer parameterization than to grid configuration. The Quasi-Normal Scale Elimination scheme was chosen for future NLLJ simulation studies. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | WRF Model Study of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet: Effects of Grid Spacing and Boundary Layer Parameterization | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 57 | |
journal issue | 10 | |
journal title | Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0361.1 | |
journal fristpage | 2375 | |
journal lastpage | 2397 | |
tree | Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2018:;volume 057:;issue 010 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |