Analyzing the sensitivity of WRF's single-layer urban canopy model to parameter uncertainty using advanced Monte Carlo simulation

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1795-1814

  Wang, Zhi Hua ^a   Bou Zeid, Elie ^a   Au, Siu Kui ^b   Smith, James A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heat islands; Mesoscale models; Statistical techniques; Stochastic models; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; CONDITIONAL SAMPLING; CRITICAL ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSPORT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HEAT ISLAND; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INPUT PARAMETER; INTERIOR TEMPERATURE; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICRO-SCALES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL RESPONSE; MODEL SENSITIVITY; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OFFLINE; PARAMETER SPACES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PHYSICALLY BASED; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SINGLE LAYER; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SURFACE PARAMETER; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN GEOMETRY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN METEOROLOGY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; HEAT ISLAND; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 80053210611     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAMC2685.1     Document Type: Article

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