The weather research and forecasting model: Overview, system efforts, and future directions

JG Powers, JB Klemp, WC Skamarock… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Since its initial release in 2000, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model has
become one of the world's most widely used numerical weather prediction models …

Large-eddy simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer

R Stoll, JA Gibbs, ST Salesky, W Anderson… - Boundary-Layer …, 2020 - Springer
Over the last 50 years the large-eddy simulation (LES) technique has developed into one of
the most prominent numerical tools used to study transport processes in the atmospheric …

Nested mesoscale large-eddy simulations with WRF: Performance in real test cases

C Talbot, E Bou-Zeid, J Smith - Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper assesses the performance of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
(WRF) as a tool for multiscale atmospheric simulations. Tests are performed in real and …

Bridging the transition from mesoscale to microscale turbulence in numerical weather prediction models

D Muñoz-Esparza, B Kosović, J Mirocha… - Boundary-layer …, 2014 - Springer
With a focus towards develo** multiscale capabilities in numerical weather prediction
models, the specific problem of the transition from the mesoscale to the microscale is …

100 years of progress in boundary layer meteorology

MA LeMone, WM Angevine… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Over the last 100 years, boundary layer meteorology grew from the subject of mostly near-
surface observations to a field encompassing diverse atmospheric boundary layers (ABLs) …

Large-eddy simulations of dust devils and convective vortices

A Spiga, E Barth, Z Gu, F Hoffmann, J Ito… - Space Science …, 2016 - Springer
In this review, we address the use of numerical computations called Large-Eddy Simulations
(LES) to study dust devils, and the more general class of atmospheric phenomena they …

Convectively induced secondary circulations in fine-grid mesoscale numerical weather prediction models

J Ching, R Rotunno, M LeMone, A Martilli… - Monthly Weather …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mesoscale numerical weather prediction models using fine-grid [O (1) km] meshes for
weather forecasting, environmental assessment, and other applications capture aspects of …

Simulation of flow fields in complex terrain with WRF-LES: Sensitivity assessment of different PBL treatments

Y Liu, Y Liu, D Muñoz-Esparza, F Hu… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
A multiscale modeling study of a real case has been conducted to explore the capability of
the large-eddy simulation version of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF …

Simultaneous nested modeling from the synoptic scale to the LES scale for wind energy applications

Y Liu, T Warner, Y Liu, C Vincent, W Wu… - Journal of Wind …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper describes an advanced multi-scale weather modeling system, WRF–RTFDDA–
LES, designed to simulate synoptic scale (∼ 2000km) to small-and micro-scale (∼ 100m) …

Investigating the physical mechanisms that modify wind plant blockage in stable boundary layers

M Sanchez Gomez, JK Lundquist… - Wind Energy …, 2023 - wes.copernicus.org
Wind plants slow down the approaching wind, a phenomenon known as blockage. Wind
plant blockage undermines turbine performance for front-row turbines and potentially for …