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Published May 27, 2021 | Version 1.0.0
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WRF model fields for TITAN tracking of simulated storms, Morrison microphysics scheme

  • 1. Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • 2. Institute of Geography and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (Current affiliation: Centre for Climate Change Research, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia)
  • 3. Institute of Geography, Mobiliar Laboratory for Natural Risks, and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Description

This dataset contains reflectivity and maximum hail diameter fields extracted from WRF v4.0.1 simulations, run using HAILCAST and the P3 microphysics scheme. The data is subset to the specified region of interest over Switzerland. The file 'coordinates.nc' contains the latitude/longitude coordinates for each included point, as well as global WRF attributes for the model run. Full model run details are listed in a manuscript in the journal Geoscientific Model Development (https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/14/6495/2021/gmd-14-6495-2021.html). 

Author contributions: 
AM configured and ran the model with input from THR, THR wrote the corresponding manuscript, OM oversaw the project.

References:

WRF: 
Skamarock, W. C., Klemp, J. B., Dudhia, J., Gill, D. O., Liu, Z., Berner, J., Wang, W., Powers, J. G., Duda, M. G., Barker, D., and yu Huang, X.: A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 4, Tech. rep., National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA, https://doi.org/10.5065/1dfh-6p97, NCAR technical note NCAR/TN-556+STR, 2019.

HAILCAST: 
Adams-Selin, R. D. and Ziegler, C. L.: Forecasting Hail Using a One-Dimensional Hail Growth Model within WRF, Mon. Weather Rev., 144, 4919–4939, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-16-0027.1, 2016.
Brimelow, J. C., Reuter, G. W., and Poolman, E. R.: Modeling Maximum Hail Size in Alberta Thunderstorms, Weather Forecast., 17, 1048–1062, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<1048:MMHSIA>2.0.CO;2, 2002.

Morrison microphysics scheme: 
Morrison, H., Thompson, G., and Tatarskii, V.: Impact of Cloud Microphysics on the Development of Trailing Stratiform Precipitation in a Simulated Squall Line: Comparison of One- and Two-Moment Schemes, Mon. Weather Rev., 137, 991–1007, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008MWR2556.1, 2009.

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