[Wrf-users] constant dz <--> sigma-p

[Alexandre Fierro]

Hi All:

I was wondering if you could help me with the following:

I would like to initialize WRF using a constant dz vertical grid: Would you
know an easy-quick way to accurately compute sigma for a given constant dz
value using base state environmental data? The problem is that the wrf.input
or wrf.out do not have T and Rho for base state on the sigma grid; they only
have Pb, phb and Mub, which are somewhat more obscure variables.

Also, which sounding/env WRF uses to compute the horizontally homogeneous
base state remains unclear. Since perturbation variables only matter during
integration the initial env is not that important. However, it is when
trying to get the real (model) Cartesian heights.

Cheers and thanks for any help you could provide,

Alex-

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Atmospheric Dynamics - EES-16
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