1 em_quarter_ss test case:
3 This test case produces a simulation of a supercell
4 thunderstorm. The environmental wind makes a
5 "quarter circle" when plotted on a hodograph, and
6 is commonly referred to as "quarter circle shear".
7 "ss" refers to "super-cell".
9 The default version of this test case uses a constant
10 eddy viscosity for turbulent mixing ->
11 diff_opt=1 and km_opt = 1 in namelist.input.
12 The Coriolis terms in the model are off (f = 0)
14 The prognostic TKE can be activated by setting
15 diff_opt=2 and km_opt = 2 (see README.namelist).
17 In idealized cloud model simulations, it is common practice
18 to use Coriolis forcing calculated from wind fields defined
19 as perturbations from the initial sounding. This option
20 can be activated by setting the "dynamics" namelist option
21 "pert_coriolis = .true." (the default is false).
22 Additionally, the value of the Coriolis parameter "f"
23 will need to be reset (from zero to the desired value)
24 in WRFV1/dyn_em/module_initialize_quarter_ss.F, and
25 the initial state recomputed.
27 Also, a constant surface drag and heat flux can be specified
28 in the TKE formulation by setting the "dynamics" namelist option
29 "tke_drag_coefficient = Cd",
31 The default values are zero. Please note that these are
32 specified constants; the formulations do not make use of
33 similarity theory. These momentum and heat fluxes will
34 not be active if surface and boundary layer formulations are
35 activated in the model physics.
37 The sounding used in this case is from Weisman and Klemp, MWR 1982, 504-520,
38 with subtle different in mixing ratio above troposphere.