The atmospheric boundary layer and the “gray zone” of turbulence: A critical review

R Honnert, GA Efstathiou, RJ Beare, J Ito… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent increases in computing power mean that atmospheric models for numerical weather
prediction are now able to operate at grid spacings of the order of a few hundred meters …

Crossing multiple gray zones in the transition from mesoscale to microscale simulation over complex terrain

FK Chow, C Schär, N Ban, KA Lundquist, L Schlemmer… - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review paper explores the field of mesoscale to microscale modeling over complex
terrain as it traverses multiple so-called gray zones. In an attempt to bridge the gap between …

The Met Office Unified Model global atmosphere 7.0/7.1 and JULES global land 7.0 configurations

D Walters, AJ Baran, I Boutle, M Brooks… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
We describe Global Atmosphere 7.0 and Global Land 7.0 (GA7. 0/GL7. 0), the latest science
configurations of the Met Office Unified Model (UM) and the Joint UK Land Environment …

IMDAA: High-resolution satellite-era reanalysis for the Indian monsoon region

SI Rani, T Arulalan, JP George… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A high-resolution regional reanalysis of the Indian Monsoon Data Assimilation and Analysis
(IMDAA) project is made available to researchers for deeper understanding of the Indian …

Representation of the subgrid-scale turbulent transport in convective boundary layers at gray-zone resolutions

HH Shin, SY Hong - Monthly Weather Review, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Parameterization of the unresolved vertical transport in the planetary boundary layer (PBL)
is one of the key physics algorithms in atmospheric models. This study attempts to represent …

The first Met Office Unified Model–JULES regional atmosphere and land configuration, RAL1

M Bush, T Allen, C Bain, I Boutle… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
In this paper we define the first Regional Atmosphere and Land (RAL) science configuration
for kilometre-scale modelling using the Unified Model (UM) as the basis for the atmosphere …

Quasi‐stationary intense rainstorms spread across Europe under climate change

A Kahraman, EJ Kendon, SC Chan… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Under climate change, increases in precipitation extremes are expected due to higher
atmospheric moisture. However, the total precipitation in an event also depends on the …

[HTML][HTML] Improving wind energy forecasting through numerical weather prediction model development

JB Olson, JS Kenyon, I Djalalova… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Improving Wind Energy Forecasting through Numerical Weather Prediction Model
Development in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 100 Issue 11 (2019) …

Pan-European climate at convection-permitting scale: a model intercomparison study

S Berthou, EJ Kendon, SC Chan, N Ban, D Leutwyler… - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
We investigate the effect of using convection-permitting models (CPMs) spanning a pan-
European domain on the representation of precipitation distribution at a climatic scale. In …

A Pan-African convection-permitting regional climate simulation with the met office unified model: CP4-Africa

RA Stratton, CA Senior, SB Vosper… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
A convection-permitting multiyear regional climate simulation using the Met Office Unified
Model has been run for the first time on an Africa-wide domain. The model has been run as …