| Name: | Rongqian Yang |
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| Affiliation: | DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC |
| E-mail: | Rongqian.Yang@noaa.gov |
| Telephone: | 1-301-316-5025 |
| Fax: | 1-301-238-2399 |
| Mailing Address: | NCEP/EMC (W/NP2, RM 207) NOAA Science Center 5200 Auth Road Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304 |
| Model name: | Eta Regional Climate Model (Eta RCM) |
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| Primary citations describing model formulation: | Janjic Z.,1990, The Step-mountain Coordinate: Physical package, Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 1429-1443 |
| URL for online model information: | www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mesoscale.html |
| Start date of simulation: (15 May 2004) | 15 May, 2004 (control) also varies depending on ensemble members |
| End date of simulation: (20 Sept 2004) | 30 September, 2004 (control) also varies depending on ensemble members |
| Single continuous run?: | Yes |
| If not, describe model initialization protocol: | |
| Will you submit a single model run, multiple runs (how many), or an ensemble average of runs? (please describe) | multiple runs, 10 members with initial starting date of each individual member varying by one day |
| Hydrostatic? [yes or no]: | Yes |
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| Horizontal domain: (15-45°N 125-75°W, for regional models) | 10 ~ 90 N 58 ~ 164 W |
| Map projection: | Lat-lon window of a rotated lat-lon coordinate system |
| Horizontal resolution: | 32 km |
| Vertical coordinate: | Eta |
| Number of vertical levels: | 45 |
| Description of IR and solar radiation schemes: | GFDL radiation code: SW: Lacis and Hansen (1974) LW: Felse and Schwarzkopf (1975) |
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| Principal reference: | Lacis, A. A. and J. E. Hansen, 1974, A parameterization of the absorption of solar radiation in the earth's atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci.,31, 118-133 Fels, S.B. and M.D. Schwarzkopf, 1975, The simplified exchange approximation: A new method for radiative transfer calculations, J. Atmos. Sci, 32, 1474-1488 |
| Description of deep convection scheme: | Betts-Miller-Janjic |
| Principal reference: | Janjic Z., 1994, The step-mountain Eta coordinate model: further developments of the convection, viscous sublayer, and turbulence closure schemes, Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 927-945 |
| Description of resolved condensation scheme: | Single total cloud condensate as prognostic cloud state. Liquid and ice content of total is diagnosed from air temperature. |
| Principal reference: | Zhao, Q., T. L. Black, and M.E. Baldwin, 1997, Implementation of the cloud prediction scheme in the Eta model at NCEP, Wea. Forecasting, 12, 697-712 |
| Description of boundary layer scheme: | Turbulent Kinetic Energy shceme Mellor-Yamada level 2.5 scheme |
| Principal reference: | Janjic Z., 2001, Nonsingular implementation of the mellor-yamada level 2.5 scheme in the NCEP meso model, Office Note # 437 |
| Description of land surface scheme: | Noah land surface model with 4 soil layers |
| Principal reference: | Ek, M., et al., 2003: Implementation of the Noah land surface model advances in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction operational mesoscale Eta model, J. Geophysical Research, 108, D22, 8851 |
| Used Xie (2005) SST fields? (Xie 2005 analyses): | Yes |
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| If not, specify SST boundary condition: | |
| Frequency of observed SST updates: | Daily |
| Used CDAS2 analysis for lateral boundary conditions? (if regional model): (NOAA CDAS2) | Yes |
| If other boundary conditions, please specify: |
| Description of output format for spatial fields: (Preferred format) | use preferred format (in grib format) |
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| Description of output format for MOLTS time series:(Preferred format) | use preferred format (in grib format) |
| Estimated total size in Gigabytes of model output: | roughly 3.0G per member |