Articles | Volume 12, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2119-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2119-2019
Development and technical paper
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29 May 2019
Development and technical paper |  | 29 May 2019

Evaluation of the WRF lake module (v1.0) and its improvements at a deep reservoir

Fushan Wang, Guangheng Ni, William J. Riley, Jinyun Tang, Dejun Zhu, and Ting Sun

Model code and software

Code for WRF-rLake v1.0 Fushan Wang; Guangheng Ni; William. J. Riley; Jinyun Tang; Dejun Zhu; Ting Sun https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2624892

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Short summary
The current lake model in the Weather Research and Forecasting system was reported to be insufficient in simulating deep lakes and reservoirs. We thus revised the lake model by improving its spatial discretization scheme, surface property parameterization, diffusivity parameterization, and convection scheme. The revised model was evaluated at a deep reservoir in southwestern China and the results were in good agreement with measurements.