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Article: Development and Testing of Polar Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. Part I: Greenland Ice Sheet Meteorology*
- Article from:
- Monthly Weather Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright American Meteorological Society Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
A polar-optimized version of the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) was developed to fill climate and synoptic needs of the polar science community and to achieve an improved regional performance. To continue the goal of enhanced polar mesoscale modeling, polar optimization should now be applied toward the state-of-the-art Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. Evaluations and optimizations are especially needed for the boundary layer parameterization, cloud physics, snow surface physics, and sea ice treatment. Testing and development work for Polar WRF begins with simulations for ice sheet surface ...