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WRF simulations of mesoscale convective systems at convection-allowing resolutions
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Duda, Jeffrey Dean |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | iv CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 1. Background and motivation 1 2. Thesis organization 3 CHAPTER 2. SENSITIVITIES OF WRF PRECIPITATION TO MODIFICATIONS TO THE KAIN-FRITSCH SCHEME 4 1. Abstract 4 2. Introduction 4 3. Methodology 7 4. Results 9 1. Sensitivity to the consistency between horizontal and vertical grid resolution 9 2. Sensitivity of the partition of precipitation between KF and microphysics schemes – the ramp zone 11 3. Sensitivity of simulated precipitation to modifications to the KF scheme 13 5. Summary and conclusions 17 6. Acknowledgements 19 7. References 20 8. Tables 24 9. Figures 27 CHAPTER 3. THE IMPACT OF LARGE-SCALE FORCING ON SKILL OF CONVECTIVE INITIATION AND UPSCALE EVOLUTION WITH CONVECTION-ALLOWING GRID SPACINGS IN THE WRF 40 1. Abstract 40 2. Introduction 41 3. Methodology 42 1. Case selection 42 2. Model configuration 43 3. Analysis of model output 44 4. Results and analysis 47 5. Case studies 52 1. Case 11 – 1200 UTC 22 May 2008 to 1200 UTC 23 May 2008 52 2. Case 7 – 1200 UTC 01 June 2010 to 1200 UTC 02 June 2010 56 3. Case 24, I – 1200 UTC 01 April 2006 to 1200 UTC 02 April 2006 59 4. Case 34 – 1200 UTC 17 June 2006 to 1200 UTC 18 June 2006 61 6. Discussion and conclusions 64 7. Acknowledgements 66 8. References 67 9. Tables 71 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.31274/etd-180810-2826 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1161&context=etd&httpsredir=1&referer= |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-180810-2826 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
