Jimy Dudhia

A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 3

A New Vertical Diffusion Package with an Explicit Treatment of Entrainment Processes

Abstract This paper proposes a revised vertical diffusion package with a nonlocal turbulent mixing coefficient in the planetary boundary layer (PBL). Based on the study of Noh e...

Numerical Study of Convection Observed during the Winter Monsoon Experiment Using a Mesoscale Two-Dimensional Model

Abstract A two-dimensional version of the Pennsylvania State University mesoscale model has been applied to Winter Monsoon Experiment data in order to simulate the diurnally occ...

THE WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODEL: SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE AND PERFORMANCE

A New Method for Representing Mixed-phase Particle Fall Speeds in Bulk Microphysics Parameterizations

Here we present a simple method of improving bulk mixed-phase microphysical schemes to allow for a more realistic representation of partially rimed particles. The new procedure ...

A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Model Version 4

Coupling an Advanced Land Surface–Hydrology Model with the Penn State–NCAR MM5 Modeling System. Part I: Model Implementation and Sensitivity

This paper addresses and documents a number of issues related to the implementation of an advanced land surface–hydrology model in the Penn State–NCAR fifth-generation Mesoscale...

A description of the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5)

This technical report describes the fifth generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model, or MM5. It is intended to provide scientific and technical documentation of the model for u...

A Revised Approach to Ice Microphysical Processes for the Bulk Parameterization of Clouds and Precipitation

A revised approach to cloud microphysical processes in a commonly used bulk microphysics parameterization and the importance of correctly representing properties of cloud ice ar...

A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 2

Abstract : The development of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling system is a multiagency effort intended to provide a next-generation mesoscale forecast model a...