Research Article

The Impact of Mesoscale Environmental Uncertainty on the Prediction of a Tornadic Supercell Storm Using Ensemble Data Assimilation Approach

Table 1

Physics options for the MultiPhysics and FixedPhysics WRF mesoscale ensemble system.

MemberCumulusMicroPhysicsPBLLand surfaceLW/SW Rad.

MultiPhysics ensemble
1BMJThompsonYSUNoahRRTM/Dudhia
2MYJ
3MYNN
4ACM2
5YSURRTMG/RRTMG
6MYJ
7MYNN
8ACM2
9YSUNew Goddard/New Goddard
10MYJ
11MYNN
12ACM2

13GDThompsonYSUNoahRRTM/Dudhia
14MYJ
15MYNN
16ACM2
17YSURRTMG/RRTMG
18MYJ
19MYNN
20ACM2
21YSUNew Goddard/New Goddard
22MYJ
23MYNN
24ACM2

25TiedtkeThompsonYSUNoahRRTM/Dudhia
26MYJ
27MYNN
28ACM2
29YSURRTMG/RRTMG
30MYJ
31MYNN
32ACM2
33YSUNew Goddard/New Goddard
34MYJ
35MYNN
36ACM2

FixedPhysics ensemble
1–36TiedtkeThompsonYSUNoahRRTMG/RRTMG