Comparison of observed, MM5 and WRF-NMM model-simulated, and HPAC-assumed boundary-layer meteorological variables for 3 days during the IHOP field experiment

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-306

  Hanna, Steven R ^a   Reen, Brian ^b   Hendrick, Elizabeth ^c   Santos, Lynne ^d   Stauffer, David ^b   Deng, Aijun ^b   McQueen, Jeffrey ^e   Tsidulko, Marina ^e   Janjic, Zavisa ^e   Jovic, Dusan ^e   Sykes, R Ian ^f  

^a HANNA CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Epsilon Assoc   (United States)

^d Air Quality Associates   (United States)

^e CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^f Sage Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion models; Evaluation of models; International H2O project (IHOP); Mesoscale meteorological models; Surface fluxes of heat and momentum; Turbulent kinetic energy

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION MODELS; INTERNATIONAL H2O PROJECTS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE FLUXES OF HEAT AND MOMENTUM; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ERRORS; HAZARDS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETERIZATION; RESEARCH; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; KINETIC ENERGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND VELOCITY;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 76649117089     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9446-7     Document Type: Article

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