Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1513-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1513-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
Development and technical paper
 | 
21 Feb 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 21 Feb 2022

Model development in practice: a comprehensive update to the boundary layer schemes in HARMONIE-AROME cycle 40

Wim C. de Rooy, Pier Siebesma, Peter Baas, Geert Lenderink, Stephan R. de Roode, Hylke de Vries, Erik van Meijgaard, Jan Fokke Meirink, Sander Tijm, and Bram van 't Veen

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1513-2022-supplement

Data sets

DALES_data_ARMcu W. C. de Rooy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6037528

DALES LES data for GABLS1 (only ninth hour), ASTEX, and slow and fast strato-cumulus cases W. C. de Rooy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6043384

HARMONIE-AROME 1D results for intercomparison cases W. C. de Rooy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6045761

One year HARMONIE-AROME SCM with cy40REF and cy40NEW for optimisation Turbulence scheme W. C. de Rooy and P. Baas https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6053930

HARMONIE-AROME model data (cy40REF and cy40NEW) and observations for December 2018 W. C. de Rooy https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6074926

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Short summary
This paper describes a comprehensive model update to the boundary layer schemes. Because the involved parameterisations are all built on widely applied frameworks, the here-described modifications are applicable to many NWP and climate models. The model update contains substantial modifications to the cloud, turbulence, and convection schemes and leads to a substantial improvement of several aspects of the model, especially low cloud forecasts.
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