Domain:
d01
d02
d03
Raw model output data
dx
22500m
Nx/Ny
dz/Nz
97/97
7500m
2500m
97/97
202/121
25-780m/44 25-780m/44 25-780m/44
dt
150s
50s
16.6s
Post-processed output data
dx
0.10135135
x
0.01126126
Nx/Ny
356/215
x
620/262
dz/Nz
50m/60
x
50m/60
Dt/Nt
3600s/26
x
300s/301
3D/2D
330M/11M
x
9.8G/333M
sfc/geog
5.5M/216K
x
167M/566K
Changes:
run_1
run_2
MP
3 WSM3
6 WSM6
LW
1 RRTM
4 RRTMG
SW
1 Dudhia
4 RRTMG
SFC
1 oldMM5 11 revMM5
LSM
2 Noah
2 Noah
PBL
9 UW
1 YSU
CU
1 KF
6 Tiedtke
physics
micro-physics
6 WRF Single-Moment 6-class scheme, with ice, snow and graupel processes suitable for
Rad long wave
4 RRTMG, includes the MCICA method of random cloud overlap.
high-resolution simulations
Rad short wave 4 RRTMG shortwave, with the MCICA method of random cloud overlap
Surface layer
1♦ Revised MM5 surface layer scheme. Remove limits and use updated stability functions.
LSM
2♣ Noah LSM: Unified NCEP/NCAR/AFWA scheme with soil temperature and moisture in
PBL
1 Yonsei University scheme: Non-local-K scheme with explicit entrainment layer and
convection
6 Tiedtke scheme (U. of Hawaii version) Mass-flux type scheme with CAPE-removal time
♦
♣
four layers, fractional snow cover and frozen soil physics. Better represent processes over
ice sheets and snow covered area, w/ sub-tiling option number of tiles in a grid box is 3.
parabolic K profile in unstable mixed layer
scale, shallow component and momentum transport.
Opt 11 prior to v3.6. After upgrade sub-tilting option should be turned ON (sf_surface_mosaic = 1), w/ number of
tile (mosaic_cat =) 5.
Z0T ~ vegetation height: iz0tlnd = 1.
dynamics
Diffusion
opt
1 Simple diffusion: Gradients are simply taken
K option
4 2d Deformation: K for horizontal diffusion is
along coordinate surfaces
diagnosed from just horizontal deformation.
The vertical diffusion is assumed to be done
by the PBL scheme
Damping opt
0 No damping at top boundary
Khdif, Kvdif 0 Horizontal and vertical diffusion coeficient is
zero.
RAW data output netCDF data fields from WRF model
Met fields /3D/
U "x-wind component" ;
V "y-wind component" ;
W "z-wind component" ;
P "perturbation pressure" ;
PB "BASE STATE PRESSURE" ;
QVAPOR "Water vapor mixing ratio" ;
QCLOUD "Cloud water mixing ratio" ;
QRAIN "Rain water mixing ratio" ;
T "perturbation potential temperature (theta-t0)" ;
Met fields /2D/
Q2 "QV at 2 M" ;
T2 "TEMP at 2 M" ;
TH2 "POT TEMP at 2 M" ;
PSFC "SFC PRESSURE" ;
U10 "U at 10 M" ;
V10 "V at 10 M" ;
CLDFRA "CLOUD FRACTION" ;
PBLH "PBL HEIGHT" ;
energy budget components /sfc/
SWDOWN "DOWNWARD SHORT WAVE FLUX AT GROUND SURFACE" ;
GLW "DOWNWARD LONG WAVE FLUX AT GROUND SURFACE" ;
SWNORM "NORMAL SW FLX AT GND SFC (SLOPE-DEPENDENT)" ;
OLR "TOA OUTGOING LONG WAVE" ;
NOAHRES "RESIDUAL OF THE NOAH SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET" ;
UST "U* IN SIMILARITY THEORY" ;
HFX "UPWARD HEAT FLUX AT THE SURFACE" ;
QFX "UPWARD MOISTURE FLUX AT THE SURFACE" ;
LH "LATENT HEAT FLUX AT THE SURFACE" ;
GRDFLX "GROUND HEAT FLUX" ;
TSK "SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE" ;
static fields /geog/
LU_INDEX "LAND USE CATEGORY" ;
IVGTYP "DOMINANT VEGETATION CATEGORY" ;
ISLTYP "DOMINANT SOIL CATEGORY" ;
VEGFRA "VEGETATION FRACTION" ;
HGT "Terrain Height" ;
ALBEDO "ALBEDO" ;
ALBBCK "BACKGROUND ALBEDO" ;
EMISS "SURFACE EMISSIVITY" ;
POSTPROCESSED output from ARWpost post-processor (GrADS compatible format)
3D
pressure
60 0 Model pressure (hPa)
tc
60 0 Temperature (C)
td
60 0 Dewpoint Temperature (C) ♠
wdir
60 0 Wind Direction (Degrees)
umet
60 0 Rotated wind component (m s-1)
vmet
60 0 Rotated wind component (m s-1)
2D
T2
1 0 TEMP at 2 M (K)
RAINC
1 0 ACCUMULATED TOTAL CUMULUS PRECIPITATION (mm)
RAINNC
1 0 ACCUMULATED TOTAL GRID SCALE PRECIPITATION (mm)
PBLH
1 0 PBL HEIGHT (m)
td2
1 0 Dewpoint Temperature at 2m (C) ♠
clflo
1 0 Low Cloud Fraction (%)
clfmi
1 0 Mid Cloud Fraction (%)
clfhi
1 0 High Cloud Fraction (%)
wd10
1 0 Wind Direction at 10 M (Degrees)
u10m
1 0 Rotated wind component (m s-1)
v10m
1 0 Rotated wind component (m s-1)
slp
1 0 Sea Levelp Pressure (hPa)
sfc
GRDFLX
1 0 GROUND HEAT FLUX (W m-2)
SWDOWN
1 0 DOWNWARD SW FLX AT GND SFC (W m-2)
GLW
1 0 DOWNWARD LW FLX AT GND SFC (W m-2)
OLR
1 0 TOA OUTGOING LONG WAVE (W m-2)
HFX
1 0 UPWARD HEAT FLUX AT THE SURFACE (W m-2)
LH
1 0 LATENT HEAT FLUX AT THE SURFACE (W m-2)
geog
IVGTYP
1 0 DOMINANT VEGETATION CATEGORY (-)
ISLTYP
1 0 DOMINANT SOIL CATEGORY (-)
VEGFRA
1 0 VEGETATION FRACTION (-)
HGT
1 0 Terrain Height (m)
ALBEDO
1 0 ALBEDO (-)
EMISS
1 0 SURFACE EMISSIVITY (-)
Vertical grid levels
#
sfc
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
♠
hgt
dh # hgt
dh
85
0 11 1921 258
112
27 12 2305 384
177
65 13 2810 505
266
89 14 3316 505
379 113 15 3821 506
521 142 16 4328 507
703 181 17 4835 507
926 223 18 5342 507
1167 242 19 5847 505
1412 244 20 6349 503
1663 251 21 6850 501
#
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
hgt
7349
7846
8344
8844
9352
9870
10401
10944
11498
12063
12639
dh
499
497
498
501
508
519
531
543
554
565
575
#
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
hgt
13224
13821
14430
15054
15694
16351
17027
17724
18443
19190
19968
dh
585
597
610
624
640
657
676
696
720
747
778
For Rh relative humidity: Rh = 100 – 5(t – td) (for Rh > 50%, see: M. G. Lawrence, Bull Am Meteorol Soc, 2005)
or Magnus(-Tettens) formula with parameters a = 6.112hPa; b = 17.67; c = 243.5°C (for -35 °C ≤ T ≤ 35 °C & 1%
≤ Rh ≤ 100%, see: D. Bolton, Mon Wea Rev, 1980).

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