Atmospheric pollutant dispersion over complex terrain: Challenges and needs for improving air quality measurements and modeling

L Giovannini, E Ferrero, T Karl, MW Rotach, C Staquet… - Atmosphere, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Pollutant dispersion processes over complex terrain are much more complicated than over
flat areas, as they are affected by atmospheric interactions with the orography at different …

Regional and global land data assimilation systems: Innovations, challenges, and prospects

Y **a, Z Hao, C Shi, Y Li, J Meng, T Xu, X Wu… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - Springer
Abstract Since the North American and Global Land Data Assimilation Systems (NLDAS and
GLDAS) were established in 2004, significant progress has been made in development of …

The integrated WRF/urban modeling system: development, evaluation, and applications to urban environmental problems

F Chen, H Kusaka, R Bornstein, J Ching… - 2011‏ - pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu
To bridge the gaps between traditional mesoscale modeling and microscale modeling, the
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), in collaboration with other agencies and …

The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah‐MP): 1. Model description and evaluation with local‐scale measurements

GY Niu, ZL Yang, KE Mitchell, F Chen… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
This first paper of the two‐part series describes the objectives of the community efforts in
improving the Noah land surface model (LSM), documents, through mathematical …

Green and cool roofs to mitigate urban heat island effects in the Chicago metropolitan area: Evaluation with a regional climate model

A Sharma, P Conry, HJS Fernando… - Environmental …, 2016‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of urban heat islands (UHIs) have a substantial bearing on the sustainability of
cities and environs. This paper examines the efficacy of green and cool roofs as potential …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences with 0–36-h explicit convective forecasts with the WRF-ARW model

ML Weisman, C Davis, W Wang… - Weather and …, 2008‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Experiences with 0–36-h Explicit Convective Forecasts with the WRF-ARW Model in:
Weather and Forecasting Volume 23 Issue 3 (2008) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

Impacts of urban processes and urbanization on summer precipitation: A case study of heavy rainfall in Bei**g on 1 August 2006

S Miao, F Chen, Q Li, S Fan - Journal of Applied Meteorology …, 2011‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Finescale simulations (with 500-m grid spacing) using the Weather Research and
Forecasting Model (WRF) were used to investigate impacts of urban processes and …

A severe landslide event in the Alpine foreland under possible future climate and land-use changes

D Maraun, R Knevels, AN Mishra, H Truhetz… - … Earth & Environment, 2022‏ - nature.com
Landslides are a major natural hazard, but uncertainties about their occurrence in a warmer
climate are substantial. The relative role of rainfall, soil moisture, and land-use changes and …

[HTML][HTML] CONUS404: The NCAR–USGS 4-km long-term regional hydroclimate reanalysis over the CONUS

RM Rasmussen, F Chen, CH Liu… - Bulletin of the …, 2023‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Barlage, M., F. Chen, R. Rasmussen, Z. Zhang, and G. Miguez‐Macho, 2021: The
importance of scale‐dependent groundwater processes in land‐atmosphere interactions …

The challenge of forecasting the onset and development of radiation fog using mesoscale atmospheric models

GJ Steeneveld, RJ Ronda, AAM Holtslag - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2015‏ - Springer
The numerical weather prediction of radiation fog is challenging, as many models typically
show large biases for the timing of the onset and dispersal of the fog, as well as for its depth …