ARM/GCSS-WG4 Case3 SubcaseA : 27-31 June 1997
FIRST INTERCOMPARISON RESULTS

additional diagnostics proposed for this case

more detailed information about available simulations and model outputs

Caution: results from some models are still preliminary

List of simulations


 simulation type Institution  model   simulation name  infos/diff with standard case3 subA 
CRM CNRM MesoNH SbConAut int. rad. (1)
CRM CNRM ComeNH RU21 std.
CRM UK Met office UKLEM A2LEM std.
CRM UK Met office UKLEM A3LEM int. rad.
CRM UK Met office UKLEM A5LEM int. rad., dx=250m 120 & vert. levels
SCM CNRM ARPEGE SCM CNRM  int. rad.
SCM ECMWF ECMWF SCM ECMWF  int. rad.
SCM LMD LMDz SCM EMANUEL_LMD int. rad., "_LMD" stands for LMD version of Emanuel conv. scheme
SCM LMD  LMDz SCM EMANUEL_OFF int. rad.,"_OFF" stands for "official" version of Emanuel conv. scheme
SCM UK Met Office UM SCM A1scUM std.
SCM UK Met Office UM SCM A4scUM
int. rad.
SCM
UK Met Office
UM SCM
A7scUM
=A1scUM except output file time sampling = 30 min
SCM UK Met Office UM SCM A8scUM =A4scUM except output file time sampling = 30 min

(1): interactive radiation

Information concerning the plots: for each simulation you will find the following, e. g. for A1scUM

SCM_A1scUM_bias_qv.gif
SCM_A1scUM_bias_rh.gif
SCM_A1scUM_bias_temperature.gif
SCM_A1scUM_bias_thetae.gif
SCM_A1scUM_cloud_fraction.gif
SCM_A1scUM_hydrometeors.gif
SCM_A1scUM_hydrometeor_fraction.gif
SCM_A1scUM_massflux_down.gif
SCM_A1scUM_massflux_net.gif
SCM_A1scUM_massflux_up.gif
SCM_A1scUM_prof_diurn_qv.gif
SCM_A1scUM_prof_diurn_rh.gif
SCM_A1scUM_prof_diurn_thetae.gif
SCM_A1scUM_prof_diurn_thetav.gif
SCM_A1scUM_Q1.gif
SCM_A1scUM_Q2.gif

time_serie1_SCM_A1scUM.gif : summary/comparison with obervations the fields in a*.t1.simulation_name
time_serie2_SCM_A1scUM.gif : check of the moisture budget; if the forcing was correctly applied (large scale moisture advection and surface latent heat flux) and if there is no bug in the diagnostics provided, then the 2 curves of the bottom-right plot are very close to each other.

SCM_A1scUM_provided.ps.gz : inital raw plots of all the fields provided
(usefull to check if you find something strange with the previous plots)

SCM_A1_plots.tar : contains the poscript files of the above plots

more will be added in the following weeks.