P33     Sub-km WRF configuration for testing over the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Meteorological Sensor Array in the Jornada Experimental Range.

Dumais, Robert, Brian Reen, Chris Hocut, Andre Pattantyus, and Andre Pattantyus, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command –Army Research Laboratory, Computational Information and Sciences Directorate, Battlefield Environment Division, WSMR, NM.

The WRF-ARW model is being tested in different nested grid configurations, based upon the very large eddy simulation approach established previously by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in order to research microscale and mesoscale phenomena across the Jornada Experimental Range and elsewhere across southern New Mexico and far western Texas. The Jornada Experimental Range, just to the northwest of the Main Post of White Sands Missile Range and to the northeast of Las Cruces, is where an extensive microscale meteorological field measurement network is continuing to undergo development by the Army Research Lab, with collaboration from the United States Department of Agriculture and New Mexico State University.   In addition, WRF-Chem has also been under testing as a means for predicting dust transport across this region. This poster will discuss the configurations currently being evaluated, as well as offering ideas to consider for future improvement.