Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5195-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5195-2022
Model evaluation paper
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07 Jul 2022
Model evaluation paper |  | 07 Jul 2022

Evaluation of a forest parameterization to improve boundary layer flow simulations over complex terrain. A case study using WRF-LES V4.0.1

Julian Quimbayo-Duarte, Johannes Wagner, Norman Wildmann, Thomas Gerz, and Juerg Schmidli

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The ultimate objective of this model evaluation is to improve boundary layer flow representation over complex terrain. The numerical model is tested against observations retrieved during the Perdigão 2017 field campaign (moderate complex terrain). We observed that the inclusion of a forest parameterization in the numerical model significantly improves the representation of the wind field in the atmospheric boundary layer.
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