Presentations from the 2020 Annual WRF & MPAS Users’ Workshop¶

Lecture Series: Learning about Scale-aware Physics¶

Chair: Jimy Dudhia, NSF NCAR/MMM

LS-1	An Introduction to Scale-Aware Physics	Jimy Dudhia, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (MMM), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)	LS-1 Slides LS-1 Recording
LS-2	Deep, middle, low, and dx: almost resolving convection but not quite…	Georg Grell, Global System Laboratory, Earth System Research Laboratories (ESRL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)*	LS-2 Slides LS-2 Recording
LS-3	Dependence of deep convection schemes on horizontal grid-spacing in MPAS: Difference in formulation, impact on forecasts	Laura Fowler, NSF NCAR/MMM	LS-3 Slides LS-3 Recording
LS-4	A Scale-Aware Treatment of Subgrid Mixing in the WRF Model	J.W. Bao, Physical Science Laboratory, ESRL/NOAA	LS-4 Slides LS-4 Recording
LS-5	Representation of turbulent mixing in the atmospheric boundary layer at gray-zone grid spacings and its applications for idealized and real-case WRF	H.Y. Shin, Research Application Laboratory (RAL), NCAR	LS-5 Slides LS-5 Recording

Chair: Jordan Powers, NSF NCAR/MMM

1.1	Introduction	Joe Klemp, NSF NCAR/MMM	1.1 Slides 1.1 Recording
1.2	The Weather Research and Forecasting Model: 2020 Annual Update	Jimy Dudhia, NSF NCAR/MMM	1.2 Slides 1.2 Recording
1.3	WRFDA 2020 Updates	Jake Liu, NSF NCAR/MMM	1.3 Slides 1.3 Recording
1.4	WRF-Chem V4.2: A summary of status, updates and applications	Jordan Schnell, CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, GSD/ESRL/NOAA	1.4 Slides 1.4 Recording
1.5	The Model for Prediction Across Scales - Atmosphere: A GPU release, progress on the development of earth system model capabilities, and coming deep atmosphere extensions	Bill Skamarock, NSF NCAR/MMM	1.5 Slides 1.5 Recording
1.6	Recent developments in Noah-MP, its public repository, and initial results from the new WRF-CTSM coupled model	Fei Chen, M. Barlage, P. Valayamkunnath, D. Lawrence, N. Sobhani, B. Sacks, NSF NCAR, and S. Levis, Sam Levis Consulting	1.6 Slides 1.6 Recording
1.7	Sharing Physics Between WRF and MPAS with CCPP	David Gill, L. Fowler, M. Chen, C. Craig, J. Dudhia, S. Goldhaber, J. Jang, W. Wang, and K. Werner, NSF NCAR	1.7 Slides 1.7 Recording