Physics Presentations from the wrf workshop

The following are presentations presented in the Fundamentals of WRF Physics series, as a part of the annual WRF Workshop:

Part I (2010): Microphysics

1. An overview of cloud and precipitation microphysics and its parameterization in models. Hugh Morrison (NCAR/NESL/MMM) ppt

2. The Incorporation of Aerosols into WRF Microphysics Schemes. Roy Rasmussen (NCAR/RAL) ppt

3. Interaction of microphysics with other physical processes. Song-You Hong (Yonsei University, South Korea) ppt

4. Microphysics options in WRF. Jimy Dudhia (NCAR/NESL/MMM) ppt

Part II (2011): Planetary Boundary Layer and Land Surface

1. An overview of planetary boundary layer physics and parameterization. Wayne Angevine (CIRES, University of Colorado) ppt

2. Large-eddy simulation of the PBL. Chin-Hoh Moeng (NCAR) ppt

3. Land surface processes and their modeling in mesoscale numerical prediction models. Fei Chen (NCAR) ppt

Part III (2012): Cumulus Convection

1. An overview of convection parameterization. David Stensrud (NOAA/NSSL) ppt

2. Parameterizing convection of "almost" cloud-resolving scales. Georg Grell (NOAA/ESRL) ppt

3. Convection and precipitation in CAM: Sensitivity to new schemes, resolution, and dynamical cores. Julio Bacmeister, Richard Neale, and Sungsu Park (NCAR) ppt

4. Convective parameterization options in WRF. Jimy Dudhia (NCAR) ppt

Part IV (2013): Atmospheric Radiation and the Effect of Clouds and Aerosols

1. Atmospheric radiation and its interaction with other physical processes: Representation in numerical models. Yu Gu (University of California, Los Angeles) ppt

2. How aerosols affect radiation and how those processes are included in atmospheric models. Jerome Fast (PNNL) ppt

3. How radiative processes influence tropical cyclones. Robert Fovell(University of California, Los Angeles) ppt

4. Radiation parameterization in WRF Jimy Dudhia (NCAR) ppt