FSU WRF- Chem During SEAC 4 RS

FSU WRF/Chem

Henry FuelbergNick HeathSean FreemanFSU WRF-ChemDuring SEAC4RS

What Well Be Running:The Weather Research and Forecasting modelwith Chemistry (WRF-Chem) Version 3.4(Release Date: April 2012)

Fully coupled, online, state-of-the-artweather/chemistry model

Horizontal Domains:

45 km15 km(tentatively) Vertical Domains:

~70 terrain-following sigma levels

Packed in the boundary layer and near the tropopause

Model top of 10 hPa~1 kmTTL Met Initial and Boundary Conditions Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.5x0.5 real-time data

3 hourly time intervals

Chem Initial and Boundary Conditions

MOZART-4 CO is assimilated with MOPITT CO retrievals Also uses GFS meteorology RACM chemical mechanism MEGAN biogenics Biomass burning emissions from MODIS Anthropogenic emissions from RETRO GOCART aerosol parameterizationFieldSettingCumulus SchemeGrell-Devenyi 3D ensemblePBL SchemeMellor-Yamada-JanicMicrophysics5-class w/graupel Shortwave RadiationGoddard shortwaveLongwave RadiationRapid Radiative Transfer Model

MET Products:Standard variables at multiple pressure levels Simulated radar reflectivity Convective fields (convective precip, etc.) Thermodynamic Diagrams

Total 24 h PrecipSim. Radar Reflectivity

Simulated ReflectivityCHEM Products:

CO O3 NONO2CH4SO2

Surface CO

200 hPa Ozone

Surface CO & 10 m WindsWebsite:

http://fuelberg.met.fsu.edu/research/seac4rs/mission.phpWebsite:

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AnimatePost Mission:

Finer horizontal resolution 1-2 km grid spacing Explicitly resolve convection ICs and BCs from GFS final analyses Includes observations Better representation of atmosphereWere here to helpHenry [email protected]

Nick [email protected]

Sean [email protected]