3.2    Performance Results with the TEMF PBL Scheme

Angevine, Wayne M., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/CIRES ESRL

The Total Energy - Mass Flux (TEMF) PBL scheme has been run for cases in California (CalNex) and France (BLLAST).  In the BLLAST case, TEMF helps to correct biases in the daytime PBL, but the biases may be primarily due to the land surface model and treatment.  TEMF also allows for weak turbulence at night, which is supported by the data.  I will discuss the challenges of model comparison and evaluation for this real 3D complex-terrain case.