WRF AHW UPDATES

WRF Update Related to Hurricane Apps

The current WRF-ARW release is Version 3.4.1 available since August 16, 2012.

The current WRF Pre-Processing System (WPS) release is Version 3.4.1.

Also see 'Known Problems' in Version 3.4.1

Updates in 3.4.1 related to hurricane work :

- improved TC flux formulation (isftcflx=2) with increased Cd in 5-20 m/s range.

WRFV3.3.1

See 'Known Problems' in Version 3.3.1.

Updates in 3.3.1 related to hurricane work :

- Ocean mixed layer: limit mixing by layer-mean temperature.

WRFV3.2

See 'Known Problems' in Version 3.2.

Updates in 3.2 related to hurricane work :

- improved TC flux formulation (isftcflx=1) with reduced Ck
- added Garratt enthalpy flux formula (isftcflx=2)
- inclusion of dissipative heating
- improved OML, extended to all LSMs
- mechanism to ingest ocean mixed layer depth
- improved tc bogussing routine