Performance assessment of new land surface and planetary boundary layer physics in the WRF-ARW

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 760-774

  Gilliam, Robert C ^a   Pleim, Jonathan E ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; AIR QUALITY MODELING; AIR QUALITY SIMULATION; AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; COLD SEASON; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MESOSCALE MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MODEL DOMAINS; MODEL SIMULATION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NEAR-SURFACE; NEW PHYSICS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SIMULATIONS AND MODELING; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE ERROR; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND PROFILER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; RESEARCH; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIXING RATIO; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955586038     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2126.1     Document Type: Article

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