Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Results Over New Mexico

Abstract

Researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and other organizations are developing the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with the goal of meeting the needs of both the meteorological research and operational weather forecast communities. This report documents the results found running the WRF version 2.0.3.1 in a nested mode centered over southern New Mexico. The WRF model, initialized with North American Mesoscale (NAM) model output, comprised three domains based on grid spacing intervals of 18 km, 6 km, and 2 km. Model output is compared to surface observations and upper-air soundings for all three domains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA443014

Entities

People

  • Barbara Sauter

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Artillery
  • Assimilation
  • Communities
  • Delphi Method
  • Dew Point
  • Elevation
  • Hard Copy
  • Information Science
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • New Mexico
  • Observation
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Temperature Inversion
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space