[Wrf-users] High-Resolution realtime WRF Modeling results for summer 2003-2004

[Dr. Pat Welsh]

To all:

Pete Bogenschutz did the detailed analysis of the Coastal Storms Initiative
local modeling project, which funded a realtime high resolution (5 km) WRF
(now ARW version) model.  The model  was installed at WFO JAX (with the FSL
LAPS ³hot start² initialization).
Pete did detailed verification and analysis as his Master¹s Thesis.   He
used the more modern feature-based methods; the convective rain area method
from Ebert and McBride (2000), and the contour error method of Case and
Manobianco (2000).  Results are impressive, particularly when compared to
the concurrent 12 km ETA.

The good news is, his thesis is available online (watch your bandwidth
available).  
 
http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11122004-131729/

Here (At UNF, now with Florida Lambda Rail) it took less than two seconds to
download the 179 pages with graphics.
That is not all that impressive unless you have been in a WFO.

Some hurricane results for the  Florida Hurricanes can be found at the OFCM
website for the 59th IHC:

http://www.ofcm.gov/ihc05/linking_file_ihc05.htm

Look at the last two talks in session 2 by Welsh(UNF) /Bogenschutz(FSU)  and
Chris Davis (UCAR) et al.


Regards, 

Dr. Pat Welsh
Advanced Weather Information Systems Laboratory
University of North Florida
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