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 …

[HTML][HTML] The second wind forecast improvement project (wfip2): general overview

WJ Shaw, LK Berg, J Cline, C Draxl… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Akish, E., L. Bianco, IV Djalalova, JM Wilczak, J. Olson, J. Freedman, C. Finley, and J. Cline,
2019: Measuring the impact of additional instrumentation on the skill of numerical weather …

[HTML][HTML] A parameterization of sub-grid topographical effects on solar radiation in the E3SM Land Model (version 1.0): implementation and evaluation over the Tibetan …

D Hao, G Bisht, Y Gu, WL Lee, KN Liou… - Geoscientific Model …, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
Topography exerts significant influences on the incoming solar radiation at the land surface.
A few stand-alone regional and global atmospheric models have included …

[HTML][HTML] Mesoscale to microscale simulations over complex terrain with the immersed boundary method in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

DJ Wiersema, KA Lundquist… - Monthly Weather …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Arthur, RS, KA Lundquist, JD Mirocha, and FK Chow, 2018: Topographic effects on radiation
in the WRF Model with the immersed boundary method: Implementation, validation, and …

Update of land use/land cover and soil texture for Brazil: Impact on WRF modeling results over São Paulo

R Pedruzzi, WL Andreão, BH Baek, AP Hudke… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) and soil texture play a key role in meteorological
models because they determine the vegetation and soil proprieties that interfere in the …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of terrain on the mean wind flow characteristics in a fjord

E Cheynet, S Liu, MC Ong, JB Jakobsen… - Journal of wind …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flow conditions in complex terrains such as fjords are highly three-dimensional and thus not
properly captured by the wind flow models developed for homogenous terrains. In the …

Large-eddy simulation over complex terrain using an improved immersed boundary method in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

J Bao, FK Chow, KA Lundquist - Monthly Weather Review, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model is increasingly being used
for higher-resolution atmospheric simulations over complex terrain. With increased …

The forecast skill of the summer precipitation over Tibetan plateau improved by the adoption of a 3D sub‐grid terrain solar radiative effect scheme in a convection …

S Cai, A Huang, K Zhu, W Guo, Y Wu… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We have successfully incorporated a 3‐dimensional sub‐grid terrain solar radiative effect
(3D STSRE) parameterization scheme into a convection‐permitting Weather Research and …

Sensitivities of subgrid-scale physics schemes, meteorological forcing, and topographic radiation in atmosphere-through-bedrock integrated process models: a case …

Z Xu, ER Siirila-Woodburn… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2023 - hess.copernicus.org
Mountain hydrology is controlled by interacting processes extending from the atmosphere
through the bedrock. Integrated process models (IPMs), one of the main tools needed to …

Development of a clear‐sky 3D sub‐grid terrain solar radiative effect parameterization scheme based on the mountain radiation theory

A Huang, C Gu, Y Zhang, W Li, L Zhang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Terrains strongly affect the surface solar radiation (SSR) and energy balance, and further
greatly modulate the weather and climate in rugged areas. In this study, we have developed …