Soundings for idealized simulations:

• input_sounding_trier: TOGA COARE squall line (Trier et al, 1996, JAS, p. 2861)
• input_sounding_jordan_allmean: West Indies annual mean (Jordan, 1958, J. Meteor., p. 91)
• input_sounding_jordan_hurricane: West Indies mean hurricane season (Jordan, 1958, J. Meteor., p. 91)
• input_sounding_rotunno_emanuel: approximately moist-neutral hurricane sounding (Rotunno and Emanuel, 1987, JAS, p. 542)
• input_sounding_dunion_MT: "Moist Tropical" (MT) sounding from Dunion (2011, J Clim, p. 893)
• input_sounding_bryan_morrison: VORTEX2 squall line (Bryan and Morrison, 2012, MWR)
• input_sounding_wrf_seabreeze_test: sounding for WRF (ARW) sea breeze test case

Description of input_sounding files:

The format is the same as that for the WRF Model, as well as for the Klemp-Wilhelmson Model. Format is:

 1 line header that contains:  surface pressure (mb)    surface theta (K)    surface qv (g/kg)

 following lines are:  height (m)    theta (K)   qv (g/kg)    u (m/s)    v (m/s)

Make sure that height on the final line is greater than the model top.

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Last updated: 6 February 2012