ATM 419/563 - Applications of Numerical Weather Prediction, Spring 2021

This page is: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/rfovell/NWP/
The numerical methods course (ATM 562) web page is: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/rfovell/ATM562/

Course information (updated for 2021)

Course syllabus

Course materials

Introduction

• Course overview (PPTX) (posted 1/31/21)
  
• Introduction to Unix, GrADS, and the Snow cluster (PPT) (posted 1/31/21)
  

Sea and land breeze circulation, and Experiment #1

• Sea-breeze presentation and Experiment #1 (PPT) (updated 2/11/21)
  
• Experiment #1 assignments (added new slide #57 2/21/21)
  

Planetary boundary layer and surface layer parameterizations, and Experiment #2

• PBL slides - Part 1 (PPTX) (posted 2/16/21)
  
• PBL slides - Part 2 (PPTX) (posted 2/16/21)
  
• Hands-on in-class WRF PBL demonstration (PDF)
• PBL slides - Part 3 (PPTX) (posted 2/25/21)
  

Real-data WRF KANSAS test case (Part 1): Setup and run

• WRF real test case: Setup and run (PPTX) (posted 3/8/21)
  
• WRF real test case script - Part 1 (PDF)
  
• Geogrid and map projection assignment (PDF) (Due by Tuesday, Mar. 15)
  

Cloud microphysics

• Cloud microphysics slides - Part 1 (PPTX) (posted 3/10/21)
  
• Cloud microphysics slides - Part 2 (PPTX) (posted 3/16/21)
  
• 2D squall line demonstration - Part 1 (PDF) (posted 3/16/21)
  
• 2D squall line demonstration - Part 2 (PDF) (Assignment due by Thurs. Apr. 1)
  
• Squall experiment assignments (PDF)
  

The Real-data WRF Checklist!

• The real-data WRF checklist (PDF)
  

Advanced real-data WRF: Indiana test case, and Experiment #3

• WRF real test case - Advanced options and Experiment #4 (PPTX)
  
• Experiment #3 review (PPTX)
  

Real-data WRF KANSAS test case (Part 2): Verification with MET

• WRF real test case: Verification with MET (PPTX)
  
• WRF real test case script - Part 2 (PDF)
  

Interlude: Modeling fundamentals, error sources, and troubleshooting

• Modeling fundamentals, errors, and troubleshooting (PPTX)
  
• HWRF instability example (PPTX)
  

"Storm of the Century" case: nudging, SKEBS, model levels, diffusers/dampers, and Experiments #4 and #5

• SOC test case and Experiment #4 (PPTX) [due date 4/27/21]
  
• SOC Experiment #4 script (PDF)
  
• SOC, NESIS, NARR, and Experiment #5 (PPTX) [due date 5/6/21]
  
• SOC NARR in-class script (PDF)
  
• SOC Experiment #4 summary (PPTX)
  

Linear and nonlinear instability demonstration

• Instability and diffusion demo (PPTX)
  

Cumulus schemes, and Experiment #6

• Cumulus schemes and Experiment #6 (PPTX)
  
• Experiment #6 summary(PPTX)
  

Miscellaneous and final project information [Updated for 2021]

• Potpourri (PPTX)
  
• Final project information (PDF)
  
• Example final presentation (PPTX)
  

The MPAS model

• MPAS model and demonstration (PPTX)
  

Course resources

Passwordless logon to headnode (or other computers)
GrADS home page
WRF Users page
WRF namelist reference
WPS namelist reference
How to use the vi editor
FileZilla file transfer app (Mac, Windows, Linux; free)
Transmit file transfer app (Mac only, not free but very good)
Vapor home page (requires creating free account)
NCAR data archive (RDA) (requires creating free account)
NCEP/NCDC NOMADS NWP model archive
MADIS data archive

My home page

Papers cited during this course (last updated Spring 2019)

• Marshall and Palmer (1948) (PDF)
• Lettau (1950) (PDF)
• McDonald (1954) (PDF)
• Blackadar (1962) (PDF)
• Kuo (1965)
  
• Deardorff (1966) (PDF)
• Bonner (1968) (PDF)
• Wieringa (1968) (PDF)
• Kuo (1968) (PDF)
  
• Foote and du Toit (1969) (PDF)
  
• Foote and du Toit [corrigendum] (1969) (PDF)
  
• Businger et al. (1971) (PDF)
• Cotton (1972) (PDF)
• Yanai et al. (1973)
  
• Arakawa and Schubert (1974)
  
• Locatelli and Hobbs (1974)
  
• Yamada and Mellor (1975) (PDF)
• Browning et al. (1976)
  
• Brost and Wyngaard (1978) (PDF)
• Leary and Houze (1979)
  
• Tripoli and Cotton (1980)
  
• Betts (1982)
  
• Betts (1983)
  
• Rotunno (1983) (PDF)
  
• Lin et al. (1983)
• Willis (1984) (PDF)
• Rutledge and Hobbs (1984) (PDF)
• Bluestein et al. (1985) (PDF)
• Betts and Miller (1986)
  
• Troen and Mahrt (1986) (PDF)
• Beard and Chuang (1987) (PDF)
• Fovell and Tan (1998) (PDF)
• Lott (1993)
  
• Betts and Miller (1993)
  
• Janjic (1994)
  
• Frech and Mahrt (1995) (PDF)
• Hong and Pan (1996) (PDF)
• Straka and Rasmussen (1997) (PDF)
• Mapes (1997)
  
• Xue (2000)
  
• Grell and Devenyi (2002)
  
• Bright and Mullen (2002) (PDF)
• Baldwin et al. (2002)
  
• Noh et al. (2003) (PDF)
• Roebber et al. (2003)
  
• Wakimoto et al. (2004)
  
• Vickers and Mahrt (2004) (PDF)
• Soares et al. (2004) (PDF)
• Kocin and Uccellini (2004)
  
• Kain (2004)
  
• Schultz (2005)
• Baxter et al. (2005)
  
• Squires and Lawrimore (2006)
  
• Fovell et al. (2006)
  
• Hong et al. (2006) (PDF)
• Galperin et al. (2007) (PDF)
• Siebesma et al. (2007) (PDF)
• Pleim (2007) (PDF)
• Fovell and Su (2007)
  
• Byun et al. (2008)
  
• Hong (2010) (PDF)
• Berner et al. (2010)
  
• Zhang et al. (2011)
  
• Grell and Freitas (2014)
  
• Shin and Hong (2015) (PDF)
• Shin and Dudhia (2016) (PDF)
• Fovell et al. (2016) (PDF)
• Cao and Fovell (2016) (PDF)
• Jahn et al. (2017a) (PDF)
• Jahn et al. (2017b) (PDF)
• Wilson and Fovell (2018) (PDF)
• Cao and Fovell (2018) (PDF)
• Fovell and Gallagher (2018) (PDF)
• Olson et al. (2019) (PDF)