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Asked 8 May 2014
Ivan Kovalets
Ivan Kovalets
  • Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Problems, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Does anybody know about the detailed WRF evaluations when applied to microscale problems (with horizontal grid sized of ~100 m)?

I am most interested in a coupled problem of a lake-surrounding atmosphere circulation. The submodel of lake circulation is quite sensitive to inputs obtained from WRF such as net and shortwave radiation as well as sensible heat flux. But it seems that WRF-calculated radiation fields are quite sensitive to grid resolution due to their dependancy on mixing ratios of cloud water, water vapor and other microphysics parameters. Therefore does anybody know the relevant studies which evaluate WRF against radiation and sensible heat flux measurements in addition to conventional meteorological measurements on such a small scale?
P.S. For those who are interested in practical applicability of such simulations I can recommend paper https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259466284_Model_based_analysis_of_effectiveness_of_the_engineering_solutions_designed_to_increase_cooling_capacity_of_Tashlyk_water_reservoir_of_South-Ukrainian_Nuclear_Power_Plant?ev=prf_pub
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Robert Tardif
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A couple publications you might be interested in:
Talbot, Bou-Zeid, Smith, 2012: Nested Mesoscale Large-Eddy Simulations with WRF: Performance in Real Test Cases. J. Hydromet., vol. 13, issue 5, pp. 1421-1441
Kirkil, Mirocha, Bou-Zeid, Chow, Kosović, 2012: Implementation and Evaluation of Dynamic Subfilter-Scale Stress Models for Large-Eddy Simulation Using WRF. Monthly Weather Review. Vol. 140 Issue 1, p266-284.
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