Table 2 Tested WRF physics parametrization configurations. The CONUS physics suite, recommended by NCAR, was chosen for better reproduction of the PRISM-based precipitation and daily maximum and minimum air temperature for an arbitrarily test year, 2009.
CONUS physics suite | Rahimi et al.56 | Liu et al.35 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Microphysics | Thompson scheme88 | Predicted Particle Property scheme (P3)89 | Thompson aerosol-aware90 |
Cumulus Parameterization | Tiedtke91 | Tiedtke91 | — |
Longwave Radiation | Rapid Radiative Transfer Model92 | Rapid Radiative Transfer Model92 | Rapid Radiative Transfer Model92 |
Shortwave Radiation | Rapid Radiative Transfer Model92 | Rapid Radiative Transfer Model92 | Rapid Radiative Transfer Model92 |
Planetary Boundary layer | Yonsei University PBL (YSU)95 | Yonsei University PBL (YSU)95 | |
Surface Layer | Eta Similarity scheme96 | Fifth-Generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (Revised MM5)97 | Fifth-Generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (Revised MM5)97 |
Land Surface | Noah Land Surface Model62 | Noah-MP98 | Noah-MP98 |
