[Oracles-modelers] NCAR and UIOWA forecasts for ORACLES

[Pablo Saide]

Hi all,

Hoping that everything will work out in Namibia, we have our forecast 
systems up and running. As we discussed in our last science meeting, we 
have two systems:

*1) NCAR forecasts: *

Maps: 
https://acomstaff.acom.ucar.edu/saide/oracles/wrf_aam-current/pmenu.html

Cross-sections: 
https://acomstaff.acom.ucar.edu/saide/oracles/wrf_aam-current/pmenu_crossection.html

You can read the whole description in the webpage. One of the highlights 
is that the "DIFF" fields gives you the differences between simulations 
turning on and off fire emissions, so you can see the effects of the 
aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in variables such as cloud number 
concentrations, cloud-top height, LWP and temperature (see sample 
below). Also, I added tracers to track biomass burning emitted on a 
range of 15 days (some of them are still filling up, so you might see 
zeros). I plan to compute age estimates based on these tracers.

*2) U of IOWA forecasts: *

Maps: http://bio.cgrer.uiowa.edu/ORACLES/wrf_fullchem-current/pmenu.html

Cross-sections: 
http://bio.cgrer.uiowa.edu/ORACLES/wrf_fullchem-current/pmenu_crossection.html

These are full-chemistry WRF-Chem simulations including data 
assimilation. This system is very similar to what we used in KORUS-AQ 
(if you were there). Only aerosol-radiation interactions are included in 
this configuration, interactions will clouds will be included in 
post-campaign analysis.


We are still working in some details like titles overlapping with dates 
and the runs being updated. Let us know of any other issues you find and 
any suggestions of additional variables we could plot

thanks!
Pablo



-- 
Pablo E Saide, Ph.D.
Advanced Study Program (ASP) &
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling (ACOM) Lab
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder CO 80307-3000
Office: FL0-3150
Email: saide at ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-1448
Website: https://staff.ucar.edu/users/saide

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