Mesoscale simulations of convective systems with data assimilation during June 1993 in the Southern Great Plains
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
An intensive observation period (IOP) took place at the Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) site from June 16-26,1993. Additional observations came from two integrated sounding systems (ISSs) and three National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) cross-chain loran atmospheric sounding system (CLASS) sites to complement the central CART site and the seven National Weather Service (NWS) profilers of the demonstration network in the area. The NCAR/Penn State Mesoscale Model (MM5) has been used to simulate this period on a 60-km domain with 20- and 6.67-km nests centered on Lamont, Oklahoma. Simulations are being run with data assimilated by the nudging technique to incorporate upper-air and surface data from a variety of platforms. One goal of this work is to use all the available data collected in the Southern Great Plains CART area in conjunction with a continuously running mesoscale model to provide complete hourly datasets of the wind, temperature, humidity, and cloud distributions at high resolution. The model maintains dynamical consistency between the fields, while the data correct for model biases that may occur during long-term simulations and provide boundary conditions. In this study the feasibility of driving the model with surface data, rawinsonde data, profiler winds, microwave radiometer moisture data, and radio-acoustic sounding system (RASS) temperatures is being demonstrated. The dataset provided will be a valuable resource for comparison with general circulation model (GCM) parameterizations of cloud and radiation fields, as well as for mesoscale studies of convective events during this period.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States). Environmental Sciences Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI05-90ER61070
- OSTI ID:
- 83167
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940277-; ON: DE95009951; TRN: 95:003626-0026
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Atmospheric radiation measurement science team meeting, Charleston, SC (United States), 28 Feb - 3 Mar 1994; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the Fourth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting; PB: 373 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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