Assessment of physical schemes for WRF model in convection-permitting mode over southern Iberian Peninsula
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| author | Solano-Farías, Feliciano Ojeda, Matilde García-Valdecasas Donaire-Montaño, David Rosa-Cánovas, Juan José Castro-Diez, Yolanda Esteban-Parra, Maria Jesús Gámiz-Fortis, Sonia Raquel |
| author_facet | Solano-Farías, Feliciano Ojeda, Matilde García-Valdecasas Donaire-Montaño, David Rosa-Cánovas, Juan José Castro-Diez, Yolanda Esteban-Parra, Maria Jesús Gámiz-Fortis, Sonia Raquel |
| contents | Convection-permitting models (CPMs) enable the representation of meteorological variables at horizontal high resolution spatial scales (higher than 4 km), where convection plays a significant role. Physical schemes need to be evaluated considering factors in the studied region such as orography and climate variability. This study investigates the sensitivity of the WRF model as CPM to the use of different physics schemes on Andalusia, a complex orography region in southern Iberian Peninsula (IP). A set of 1-year WRF simulations was completed based on two one-way nested domains: the parent domain (d01) spanning the entire IP with 5 km spatial resolution and the nested domain (d02) for the region of Andalusia at 1 km of spatial resolution. 12 physic schemes were examined from combinations of microphysics (MP) schemes including THOMPSON, WRF single moment 6-class (WSM6), and WRF single moment 7-class (WSM7), and different options for the convection in d01, the Grell 3D (G3), Grell-Freitas (GF), Kain-Fritsch (KF), and deactivated cumulus parameterization (OFF). The simulated precipitation and 2-m temperature for the year 2018, a very wet year, were compared with observational datasets to determine the optimal WRF configuration, including point-to-point and station-point comparisons at different time aggregations. In general, greater differences were shown when comparing the results of convection schemes in d01. Simulations completed with GF or OFF presented better performance compared to the reference datasets. Concerning the MP, although THOMPSON showed a better fit in high mountain areas, it generally presents a worse agreement with the reference datasets. In terms of temperature, the results were very similar and, therefore, the selection of the best configuration was based mainly on the precipitation results with the WSM7-GF scheme being suitable for Andalusia region. |
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| spellingShingle | Assessment of physical schemes for WRF model in convection-permitting mode over southern Iberian Peninsula Solano-Farías, Feliciano Ojeda, Matilde García-Valdecasas Donaire-Montaño, David Rosa-Cánovas, Juan José Castro-Diez, Yolanda Esteban-Parra, Maria Jesús Gámiz-Fortis, Sonia Raquel Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Applied Physics Convection-permitting models (CPMs) enable the representation of meteorological variables at horizontal high resolution spatial scales (higher than 4 km), where convection plays a significant role. Physical schemes need to be evaluated considering factors in the studied region such as orography and climate variability. This study investigates the sensitivity of the WRF model as CPM to the use of different physics schemes on Andalusia, a complex orography region in southern Iberian Peninsula (IP). A set of 1-year WRF simulations was completed based on two one-way nested domains: the parent domain (d01) spanning the entire IP with 5 km spatial resolution and the nested domain (d02) for the region of Andalusia at 1 km of spatial resolution. 12 physic schemes were examined from combinations of microphysics (MP) schemes including THOMPSON, WRF single moment 6-class (WSM6), and WRF single moment 7-class (WSM7), and different options for the convection in d01, the Grell 3D (G3), Grell-Freitas (GF), Kain-Fritsch (KF), and deactivated cumulus parameterization (OFF). The simulated precipitation and 2-m temperature for the year 2018, a very wet year, were compared with observational datasets to determine the optimal WRF configuration, including point-to-point and station-point comparisons at different time aggregations. In general, greater differences were shown when comparing the results of convection schemes in d01. Simulations completed with GF or OFF presented better performance compared to the reference datasets. Concerning the MP, although THOMPSON showed a better fit in high mountain areas, it generally presents a worse agreement with the reference datasets. In terms of temperature, the results were very similar and, therefore, the selection of the best configuration was based mainly on the precipitation results with the WSM7-GF scheme being suitable for Andalusia region. |
| title | Assessment of physical schemes for WRF model in convection-permitting mode over southern Iberian Peninsula |
| topic | Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19327 |