Simulated microphysical properties of winter storms from bulk-type microphysics schemes and their evaluation in the Weather Research and Forecasting (v4.1.3) model during the ICE-POP 2018 field campaign

Ko, Jeong-Su; Lim, Kyo-Sun Sunny; Kim, Kwonil; Lee, Gyuwon; Thompson, Gregory; Berne, Alexis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4529-2022

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Model evaluation paper |

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Simulated microphysical properties of winter storms from bulk-type microphysics schemes and their evaluation in the Weather Research and Forecasting (v4.1.3) model during the ICE-POP 2018 field campaign

Jeong-Su Ko, Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim, Kwonil Kim, Gyuwon Lee, Gregory Thompson, and Alexis Berne

Data sets

Code for GMD publication - Simulated microphysical properties of winter storms from bulk-type microphysics schemes and their evaluation in WRF (v4.1.3) model during ICE-POP 2018 Jeong-Su Ko, Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim, Kwonil Kim, Gyuwon Lee, Gregory Thompson, and Alexis Berne https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876054

GPM Ground Validation Autonomous Parsivel Unit (APU) ICE POP V1 W. A. Petersen and A. Tokay https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/ICEPOP/APU/DATA101

Radar and ground-level measurements of precipitation during the ICE-POP 2018 campaign in South-Korea J. Gehring, A. Ferrone, A. C. Billault-Roux, N. Besic, and A. Berne https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.918315

The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system (https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/data/interim-full-daily/levtype=pl/) D. P. Dee, S. M. Uppala, A. J. Simmons, P. Berrisford, P. Poli, S. Kobayashi, U. Andrae, M. A. Balmaseda, G. Balsamo, P. Bauer, P. Bechtold, A. C. M. Beljaars, L. van de Berg, J. Bidlot, N. Bormann, C. Delsol, R. Dragani, M. Fuentes, A. J. Geer, L. Haimberger, S. B. Healy, E. V. Hólm, L. Isaken, P. Kållberg, M. Köhlerm, M. Matricardi, A. P. McNally, B. M. Monge-Sanz, J.-J. Morcrette, B.-K. Park, C. Peubey, P. de Rosnay, C. Tavolato, J.-N. Thépaut, and F. Vitart https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.828

The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system (https://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/data/interim-full-daily/levtype=sfc/) D. P. Dee, S. M. Uppala, A. J. Simmons, P. Berrisford, P. Poli, S. Kobayashi, U. Andrae, M. A. Balmaseda, G. Balsamo, P. Bauer, P. Bechtold, A. C. M. Beljaars, L. van de Berg, J. Bidlot, N. Bormann, C. Delsol, R. Dragani, M. Fuentes, A. J. Geer, L. Haimberger, S. B. Healy, E. V. Hólm, L. Isaken, P. Kållberg, M. Köhlerm, M. Matricardi, A. P. McNally, B. M. Monge-Sanz, J.-J. Morcrette, B.-K. Park, C. Peubey, P. de Rosnay, C. Tavolato, J.-N. Thépaut, and F. Vitart https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.828

Model code and software

A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Model Version 4.1 (No. NCAR/TN-556+STR) (https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF/releases) W. C. Skamarock, J. B. Klemp, J. Dudhia, D. O. Gill, Z. Liu, J. Berner, W. Wang, J. G. Powers, M. G. Duda, D. Barker, and X. Huang https://doi.org/10.5065/1dfh-6p97

Short summary

This study evaluates the performance of the four microphysics parameterizations, the WDM6, WDM7, Thompson, and Morrison schemes, in simulating snowfall events during the ICE-POP 2018 field campaign. Eight snowfall events are selected and classified into three categories (cold-low, warm-low, and air–sea interaction cases). The evaluation focuses on the simulated hydrometeors, microphysics budgets, wind fields, and precipitation using the measurement data.