NDLI: Evaluation of weather research and forecasting model parameterizations under sea-breeze conditions in a North Sea coastal environment

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Author	Salvador, Nadir Reis, Neyval Costa Santos, Jane Meri Albuquerque, Taciana Toledo de Almeida Loriato, Ayres Geraldo Delbarre, Hervé Augustin, Patrick Sokolov, Anton Moreira, Davidson Martins
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Three atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) schemes and two land surface models that are used in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, version 3.4.1, were evaluated with numerical simulations by using data from the north coast of France (Dunkerque). The ABL schemes YSU (Yonsei University), ACM2 (Asymmetric Convective Model version 2), and MYJ (Mellor–Yamada–Janjic) were combined with two land surface models, Noah and RUC (Rapid Update Cycle), in order to determine the performances under sea-breeze conditions. Particular attention is given in the determination of the thermal internal boundary layer (TIBL), which is very important in air pollution scenarios. The other physics parameterizations used in the model were consistent for all simulations. The predictions of the sea-breeze dynamics output from the WRF model were compared with observations taken from sonic detection and ranging, light detection and ranging systems and a meteorological surface station to verify that the model had reasonable accuracy in predicting the behavior of local circulations. The temporal comparisons of the vertical and horizontal wind speeds and wind directions predicted by the WRF model showed that all runs detected the passage of the sea-breeze front. However, except for the combination of MYJ and Noah, all runs had a time delay compared with the frontal passage measured by the instruments. The proposed study shows that the synoptic wind attenuated the intensity and penetration of the sea breeze. This provided changes in the vertical mixing in a short period of time and on soil temperature that could not be detected by the WRF model simulations with the computational grid used. Additionally, among the tested schemes, the combination of the localclosure MYJ scheme with the land surface Noah scheme was able to produce the most accurate ABL height compared with observations, and it was also able to capture the TIBL.
Starting Page	998
Ending Page	1018
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	20956037
Journal	Journal of Meteorological Research
Volume Number	30
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	21980934
Language	English
Publisher	The Chinese Meteorological Society
Publisher Date	2017-01-17
Publisher Place	Beijing
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	sea-breeze detection WRF model parameterizations Atmospheric Sciences Meteorology Geophysics and Environmental Physics Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ocean Engineering Atmospheric Science

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