Hurricane Isabel


Catalog for ensemble forecasts
Member
Surface
Microphysics
PBL
CU
1
Thermal
Kessler
YSU
KF
2
Thermal
WSM3
YSU
BM
3
Noah
Kessler
MRF
BM
4
Noah
Lin
MRF
Grell
5
Noah WSM3
MRF
KF
6
Noah WSM5
Eta
BM
7
Noah WSM5
YSU
KF
8
Noah Eta
Eta
Grell
9
Noah WSM6
YSU
Grell
10
Noah WSM6
Eta
KF
11
Noah Thompson
YSU
BM
12
RUC
Lin
Eta
Grell
13
RUC Lin
YSU
KF
14
RUC WSM3
YSU
Grell
15
RUC WSM5
MRF
BM
16
RUC Eta
YSU
BM
17
RUC Eta
MRF
KF
18
RUC WSM6
Eta
BM
19
RUC Thompson
MRF
Grell
20
RUC Thompson
Eta
KF

IF (PBL = "YSU" or PBL="MRF") then sf_sfclay_physics = 1 (Monin-Obukhov)
IF (PBL = "Eta") then sf_sfclay_physics = 2 (Monin-Obukhov (Janjic Eta))

Radiation schemes are same for all 20 members.
- ra_lw_physics = 1 (RRTM scheme)
- ra_sw_physics = 1 (Dudhia scheme)