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• WRF-Solar: description and clear-sky assessment of an augmented NWP model for solar power prediction

  Authors:Pedro A. Jimenez, Joshua P. Hacker, Jimy Dudhia, Sue Ellen Haupt, Jose A. Ruiz-Arias, Chris A. Gueymard, et al.From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 97, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20168,251 words Article 1400LWRF-Solar is a specific configuration and augmentation of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model designed for solar energy applications. Recent upgrades to the WRF Model contribute to making the model...

• Using TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) measurements and Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) CO modelling to understand the contribution of meteorology and emissions to an extreme air pollution event in India.

  Authors:Ashique Vellalassery, Dhanyalekshmi Pillai, Julia Marshall, Christoph Gerbig, Michael Buchwitz, Oliver Schneising, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 8, 2021423 words Article Several ambient air quality records corroborate the severe and persistent degradation of air quality over northern India during the winter months, with evidence of a continued, increasing trend of pollution across the...

• Assessment of WRF Land Surface Model Performance over West Africa.

  Authors:Ifeanyi C. Achugbu, Jimy Dudhia, Ayorinde A. Olufayo, Ifeoluwa A. Balogun, Elijah A. Adefisan, and Imoleayo E. GbodeFrom:Advances in Meteorology (Vol. 2020) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 31, 202015,260 words Article 1550LSimulations with four land surface models (LSMs) (i.e., Noah, Noah-MP, Noah-MP with ground water GW option, and CLM4) using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model at 12 km horizontal grid resolution were...

• Improved parameterization of snow albedo in Noah coupled with Weather Research and Forecasting: applicability to snow estimates for the Tibetan Plateau.

  Authors:Lian Liu, Yaoming Ma, Massimo Menenti, Rongmingzhu Su, Nan Yao, and Weiqiang MaFrom:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Vol. 25, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 10, 2021305 words Brief article Snow albedo is important to the land surface energy balance and to the water cycle. During snowfall and subsequent snowmelt, snow albedo is usually parameterized as functions of snow-related variables in land surface...

• A review of a new generation of wildfire-atmosphere modeling

  Authors:A. Bakhshaii and E.A. JohnsonFrom:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 49, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 201910,160 words Article 1470LOne of the first significant developments in wildfire modeling research was to introduce heat flux as wildfire line intensity (kW * [m.sup.-1]). This idea could be adapted to using weather station measurements,...

• THE SECOND WIND FORECAST IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (WFIP2) General Overview: WFIP2, a multi-institutional, multiscale modeling and observational study in complex terrain, advances understanding of boundary layer physics and improves forecasts for wind energy applications.

  Authors:William J. Shaw, Larry K. Berg, Joel Cline, Caroline Draxl, Irina Djalalova, Eric P. Grimit, et al.From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 100, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20197,341 words Article 1510LABTRACTS In 2015 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated a 4-yr study, the Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2), to improve the representation of boundary layer physics and related processes in...

• Community support and transition of research to operations for the hurricane weather research and forecasting model: how the Developmental Testbed Center facilitates the use of HWRF by the community, leading to an improved model for operations

  Authors:L. Bernardet, V. Tallapragada, S. Bao, S. Trahan, Y. Kwon, Q. Liu, et al.From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 96, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20154,494 words Article 1510LThe Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Model (HWRF) is an operational model used to provide numerical guidance in support of tropical cyclone forecasting at the National Hurricane Center. HWRF is a complex...

• Why do models perform differently on particulate matter over East Asia? A multi-model intercomparison study for MICS-Asia III.

  Authors:Jiani Tan, Joshua S. Fu, Gregory R. Carmichael, Syuichi Itahashi, Zhining Tao, Kan Huang, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 20, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  June 25, 2020367 words Report, Brief articl... This study compares the performance of 12 regional chemical transport models (CTMs) from the third phase of the Model Inter-Comparison Study for Asia (MICS-Asia III) on simulating the particulate matter (PM) over East...

• Surface deposition of marine fog and its treatment in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model.

  Authors:Peter A. Taylor, Zheqi Chen, Li Cheng, Soudeh Afsharian, Wensong Weng, George A. Isaac, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 19) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 5, 2021257 words Brief article There have been many studies of marine fog, some using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) and other models. Several model studies report overpredictions of near-surface liquid water content (Q.sub.c ), leading to...

• Determining the sensitive parameters of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for the simulation of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal using global sensitivity analysis and machine learning.

  Authors:Harish Baki, Sandeep Chinta, C Balaji,, and Balaji SrinivasanFrom:Geoscientific Model Development (Vol. 15, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 15, 2022289 words Brief article The present study focuses on identifying the parameters from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model that strongly influence the simulation of tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) region. Three global...

• URBAN FINESCALE FORECASTING REVEALS WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH UNPRECEDENTED DETAIL: Feasibility of numerical weather prediction at urban neighborhood and street scales is demonstrated for summer conditions in Amsterdam

  Authors:R.J. Ronda, G.J. Steeneveld, B.G. Heusinkveld, J.J. Attema, and A.A.M. HoltslagFrom:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 98, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20176,593 words Article 1570LUrban landscapes impact the lives of urban dwellers by influencing local weather conditions. However, weather forecasting down to the street and neighborhood scale has been beyond the capabilities of numerical weather...

• Simulated wind farm wake sensitivity to configuration choices in the Weather Research and Forecasting model version 3.8.1.

  Authors:Jessica M. Tomaszewski and Julie K. LundquistFrom:Geoscientific Model Development (Vol. 13, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 16, 2020244 words Brief article Wakes from wind farms can extend over 50 km downwind in stably stratified conditions. These wakes can undermine power production at downwind turbines, adversely impacting revenue. As such, wind farm wake impacts...

• Time-dependent 3D simulations of tropospheric ozone depletion events in the Arctic spring using the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem).

  Authors:Maximilian Herrmann, Holger Sihler, Udo Frieß, Thomas Wagner, Ulrich Platt, and Eva GutheilFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20, 2021345 words Brief article Tropospheric bromine release and ozone depletion events (ODEs) as they commonly occur in the Arctic spring are studied using a regional model based on the open-source software package Weather Research and Forecasting...

• Surface representation impacts on turbulent heat fluxes in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model (v.4.1.3).

  Authors:Carlos Román-Cascón, Marie Lothon, Fabienne Lohou, Oscar Hartogensis, Jordi Vila-Guerau de Arellano, David Pino, et al.From:Geoscientific Model Development (Vol. 14, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 29, 2021470 words Article The water and energy transfers at the interface between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere should be correctly simulated in numerical weather and climate models. This implies the need for a realistic and accurate...

• Observation and Simulation of Wind Speed and Wind Power Density over Bac Lieu Region.

  Authors:Hiep Van Nguyen, Pham Xuan Thanh, Nguyen Duc Nam, Nguyen Xuan Anh, Pham Le Khuong, Hoang Hai Son, et al.From:Advances in Meteorology (Vol. 2021) Peer-Reviewed

  May 17, 20219,054 words Article 1410LIn this study, the WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model was used to simulate and investigate diurnal and annual variations of wind speed and wind power density over Southern Vietnam at 2‐km horizontal resolution...

• THE ARCTIC SYSTEM REANALYSIS, VERSION 2: The new regional 15-km Arctic System Reanalysis, version 2, provides the accuracy and details necessary for many Arctic climate studies over the period 2000-12

  Authors:D.H. Bromwich, A.B. Wilson, L. Bai, Z. Liu, M. Barlage, C.-F. Shih, et al.From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 99, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 201810,528 words Article 1480LABSTRACT The Arctic is a vital component of the global climate, and its rapid environmental evolution is an important element of climate change around the world. To detect and diagnose the changes occurring to the...

• EVOLVING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO BUILD A WEATHER-READY NATION: Connecting Observations, Forecasts, and Warnings to Decision-Makers through Impact-Based Decision Support Services: The vision of the NWS is to build a Weather-Ready Nation by connecting accurate and timely forecasts and warnings to decisions that save lives and protect property.

  Authors:Louis W. Uccelini and John E. Ten HoeveFrom:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 100, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 201910,283 words Cover story 1640LABSTRACT As the cost and societal impacts of extreme weather, water, and climate events continue to rise across the United States, the National Weather Service (NWS) has adopted a strategic vision of a Weather-Ready...

• Improving the sectional Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry (MOSAIC) aerosols of the Weather Research and Forecasting-Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model with the revised Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation system and multi-wavelength aerosol optical measurements: the dust aerosol observation campaign at Kashi, near the Taklimakan Desert, northwestern China.

  Authors:Wenyuan Chang, Ying Zhang, Zhengqiang Li, Jie Chen, and Kaitao LiFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 22, 2021327 words Brief article The Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation data assimilation (DA) system was developed for the four size bin sectional Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry (MOSAIC) aerosol mechanism in the Weather...

• A case study of wind farm effects using two wake parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model (V3.7.1) in the presence of low-level jets.

  Authors:Xiaoli G. Larsén and Jana FischereitFrom:Geoscientific Model Development (Vol. 14, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 2, 2021276 words Case study, Brief ar... While the wind farm parameterization by Fitch et al. (2012) in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model has been used and evaluated frequently, the explicit wake parameterization (EWP) by Volker et al. (2015) is...