Evaluations of the Eta, RUC, WRF and MM5 Meteorological Models During NEAQS 2002
Abstract
During the summer of 2002 several NOAA Research laboratories (Environmental Technology Laboratory, Aeronomy Laboratory, Forecast Systems Laboratory) collaborated with the National Weather Service, including the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NECP), on a project to assess and improve forecasts in New England using a regional testbed approach. During this project arrays of special research grade instruments were deployed throughout New England by NOAA Research, including seven 915 MHz wind profilers with RASS, cloud ceilometers, and surface meteorology stations that included solar and net radiation. Measurements from these instruments were compared against predictions made by operational and research forecast models, including the Eta, RUC, WRF and MM5 models. Model/observation comparisons were made on an hourly basis in real-time during the experiment. Results from this project will be presented, focusing on phenomena that most directly affect pollutant transport and mixing, including boundary layer depth, sea-breeze representation, and mesoscale transport.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003AGUFM.A51E0733W
- Keywords:
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- 0345 Pollution: urban and regional (0305);
- 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry;
- 3307 Boundary layer processes;
- 3329 Mesoscale meteorology;
- 3360 Remote sensing