Development and Application of an Evaluation Method for the WRF Mesoscale Model

Abstract

This report establishes automated methods of obtaining and archiving initialization and time-dependent lateral condition data for the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) mesoscale model. The data includes Eta forecast data, MADIS surface data, and upper-air sounding data. Statistical analysis methods that compare surface and upper-air data between model calculation and observation have also been established and are described in detail. In this study, the WRF was applied to model domains surrounding the National Training Center in southern California. A set of 24-hr forecast data of 2-way, coupled domains (with grid resolutions of 18 and 6 km) were statistically compared with surface and upper-air observation data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA438387

Entities

People

  • Richard Padilla
  • Robert Flanigan
  • Teizi Henmi

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • California
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dew Point
  • Grids
  • Information Science
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)