WRF Fire Weather Forecasts
OUTER NEST
INNER NEST
RESOLUTION
12 kilometers
4 kilometers
LENGTH OF FORECAST
51 hours
48 hours
SIZE OF DOMAIN
201 by 201
201 by 201
LENGTH OF TIME STEP
72 seconds
24 seconds
VERTICAL LAYERS
31
31
INITIAL CONDITIONS
NAM
OUTER NEST
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
NAM
OUTER NEST
MOIST PHYSICS
Lin et al.
Lin et al.
LONGWAVE RADIATION
RRTM
RRTM
SHORTWAVE RADIATION
Dudhia
Dudhia
SURFACE LAYER PHYSICS
Monin-Obukhov
Monin-Obukhov
LAND SURFACE
Noah
Noah
PBL PHYSICS
YSU
YSU
CUMULUS PHYSICS
Kain-Fritsch
Kain-Fritsch
NUMBER OF SOIL LAYERS
4
4
NON-HYDROSTATIC
TRUE
TRUE
This study is a
partners program with
Greer
and
Columbia
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