WRF AHW UPDATES

WRF Update Related to Hurricane Apps

The current WRF-ARW release is Version 3.3 available since April 6, 2011.

The current WRF Pre-Processing System (WPS) release is Version 3.3.

Also see 'Known Problems' in Version 3.3.

 

WRFV3.2

See 'Known Problems' in Version 3.2.

Updates in 3.2 related to hurricane work :

- improved TC flux formulation (isftcflx=1) with reduced Ck
- added Garratt enthalpy flux formula (isftcflx=2)
- inclusion of dissipative heating
- improved OML, extended to all LSMs
- mechanism to ingest ocean mixed layer depth
- improved tc bogussing routine