Configuration and Evaluation of the WRF Model for the Study of Hawaiian Regional Climate

Type

Literature

Publication

Chunxi Zhang, Yuqing Wang, Axel Lauer, and Kevin Hamilton, 2012: Configuration and Evaluation of the WRF Model for the Study of Hawaiian Regional Climate. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 3259–3277.

Year Published

2012

Description

The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model V3.3 has been configured for the Hawaiian Islands as a regional climate model for the region (HRCM). This paper documents the model configuration and presents a preliminary evaluation based on a continuous 1-yr simulation forced by observed boundary conditions with 3-km horizontal grid spacing in the inner nested domain.

Geography

Hawaii

Pacific

Website

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00260.1

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