Model configuration

Time

• 18 hour simulation
• Hourly output

Domain

• 121 x 121 horizontal grid points
• 31 vertical layers
• 5 km resolution
• centered around 26.8N, 81.2W
• timestep: 20 seconds

Initial and boundary conditions

• Initial Conditions: 12km NCEP NAM tiles -or- 5km LAPS Analysis
• Boundary Conditions: 12km NCEP NAM tiles

Physics

• Microphysics: Purdue/Lin
• Longwave radiation: rrtm, called every 10 minutes
• Shortwave radiation: Dudhia, called every 10 minutes
• Surface layer: Monin-Obukhov, called continuously
• Land surface: NOAH (5 soil layers), called continuously
• Boundary layer: YSU, called continuously
• Cumulus: Kain-Fritsch, called every 5 minutes