Article: An Evaluation of Mesoscale-Model-Based Model Output Statistics (MOS) during the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Article: Urban Flow and Dispersion Simulation Using a CFD Model Coupled to ...
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  August 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... model coupled to a mesoscale model [fifth-generation ... Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5)]. The CFD ... significantly as the ambient wind speed and direction change ... changes in ambient wind speed and direction in the ...

Article: The impact of GPS precipitable water assimilation on ...
Monthly Weather Review;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Precipitable Water Assimilation on Mesoscale Model Retrievals of Orographic Rainfall ... precipitable water (PW) to improve mesoscale model retrievals of orographic precipitation ... who found that the low-level wind speed normal to the mountains and low ...

Article: U.S. West Coast Surface Heat Fluxes, Wind Stress, and Wind Stress ...
Monthly Weather Review;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... coastal topography. In the present study a high-resolution mesoscale model is employed to reveal patterns in low-level winds, temperature ... conditions by locally enhancing stability and reducing the wind speed, while buoy measurements along the coast indicate that sea ...

Article: Mesoscale Model Initialization of the Fourier ...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... A Fourier method is combined with a mesoscale model to simulate mountain waves. The mesoscale model describes the nonlinear low-level ... Introduction The Fourier method and the mesoscale model have long been used separately to study ...

Article: A mesoscale model intercomparison
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  February 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... studies were launched to determine if a mesoscale model could be used operationally in theater ... UniversityNational Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model 5 (MM5) and the Colorado State University ... The fourth model is the current USAF mesoscale model, the Relocatable Window ...

Article: Sensitivity of a Mesoscale Model to Microphysical ...
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... ABSTRACT The sensitivity of a mesoscale model to different microphysical ... Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5); the most commonly ... Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Mesoscale Model (MM5; Dudhia 1993; Grell ...

Article: On Improving 4-km Mesoscale Model Simulations
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) produced the best overall ... National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5). It was found that a baseline ... solutions. The primary cause of the poor mesoscale model performance was likely the explicit ...