Single-Column Model Intercomparison for a Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer

J. Cuxart; A.A.M. Holtslag; R.J. Beare; E. Bazile; A. Beljaars; A. Cheng; L. Conangla; M.B. Ek; F. Freedman; R. Hamdi; A. Kerstein; H. Kitagawa; G. Lenderink; D. Lewellen; J. Mailhot; T. Mauritsen; V. Perov; G. Schayes; G.J. Steeneveld; G. Svensson; P. Taylor; W. Weng; S. Wunsch; K.M. Xu

doi:10.1007/s10546-005-3780-1

Single-Column Model Intercomparison for a Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer

J. Cuxart
, A.A.M. Holtslag
, R.J. Beare
, E. Bazile
, A. Beljaars
, A. Cheng
, L. Conangla
, M.B. Ek
, F. Freedman
, R. Hamdi
, A. Kerstein
, H. Kitagawa
, G. Lenderink
, D. Lewellen
, J. Mailhot
, T. Mauritsen
, V. Perov
, G. Schayes
, G.J. Steeneveld
, G. Svensson

P. Taylor, W. Weng, S. Wunsch, K.M. Xu

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Abstract

The parameterization of the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer is a difficult issue, having a significant impact on medium-range weather forecasts and climate integrations. To pursue this further, a moderately stratified Arctic case is simulated by nineteen single-column turbulence schemes. Statistics from a large-eddy simulation intercomparison made for the same case by eleven different models are used as a guiding reference. The single-column parameterizations include research and operational schemes from major forecast and climate research centres. Results from first-order schemes, a large number of turbulence kinetic energy closures, and other models were used. There is a large spread in the results; in general, the operational schemes mix over a deeper layer than the research schemes, and the turbulence kinetic energy and other higher-order closures give results closer to the statistics obtained from the large-eddy simulations. The sensitivities of the schemes to the parameters of their turbulence closures are partially explored

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	273-303
Number of pages	31
Journal	Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Volume	118
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-005-3780-1
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Keywords

turbulence closure-model
large-eddy simulation
part i
scheme
parameterization
formulation
diffusion
dynamics
surfaces
system

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Cuxart, J., Holtslag, A. A. M., Beare, R. J., Bazile, E., Beljaars, A., Cheng, A., Conangla, L., Ek, M. B., Freedman, F., Hamdi, R., Kerstein, A., Kitagawa, H., Lenderink, G., Lewellen, D., Mailhot, J., Mauritsen, T., Perov, V., Schayes, G., Steeneveld, G. J., ... Xu, K. M. (2006). Single-Column Model Intercomparison for a Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 118(2), 273-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-005-3780-1

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Single-Column Model Intercomparison for a Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer

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