Sensitivity Study on the Influence of Parameterization Schemes in WRF_ARW Model on Short- and Medium-Range Precipitation Forecasts in the Central Andes of Peru

Table 1

Main characteristics of domains, initial, and boundary conditions.

Characteristics	Domain 1	Domain 2	Domain 3
Central point	Latitude: 10°S; Longitude: 75°S	Latitude: 12.25819°S; Longitude: 74.8356°S	Latitude: 12.39203°S; Longitude: 75.0548°S
Horizontal grid step	18 km	6 km	3 km
Dimension (XYZ)	115 × 140 × 28	115 × 142 × 28	125 × 161 × 28
Time step	90 s	36 s	18 s
Initial and contour conditions	FNL 1.0^0 × 1.0^0	Simulation of domain 1	Simulation of domain 2