Research Article
Evaluation of Parameterization Schemes in the WRF Model for Estimation of Mixing Height
Table 6
Comparison of model generated mixing height (using Holtzworth method) with the observed values for experiments TMX1–TMX4.
| | A (m) | B (m) | C (m) | D (m) | E (m) | F (m) | O (m) | Case study |
| 12Z 13 March 2004 | 1200 | 950 | 950 | 1200 | 920 | 1450 | 900 | TMX1 | 00Z 14 March 2004 | 220 | 150 | 250 | 250 | 200 | 200 | 350 | 12Z 14 March 2004 | 350 | 300 | 500 | 900 | 500 | 950 | 900 | 00Z 15 March 2004 | 150 | 180 | 180 | 200 | 200 | 250 | 200 | 12Z 15 March 2004 | 1150 | 950 | 800 | 1450 | 750 | 1400 | 700 | 00Z 16 March 2004 | 300 | 200 | 100 | 300 | 100 | 400 | 100 |
| 12Z 04 April 2005 | 950 | 950 | 950 | 1300 | 900 | 1300 | 900 | TMX2 | 00Z 05 April 2005 | 100 | 200 | 350 | 250 | 300 | 250 | 150 | 12Z 05 April 2005 | 100 | — | 500 | 700 | 550 | 800 | 900 | 00Z 06 April 2005 | 250 | 180 | 100 | 200 | 180 | 200 | 350 | 12Z 06 April 2005 | 300 | 400 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 250 | 800 | 00Z 07 April 2005 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 200 | 300 |
| 12Z 23 February 2006 | 1050 | 1150 | 750 | 1600 | 700 | 1600 | 600 | TMX3 | 00Z 24 February 2006 | — | 100 | 80 | 80 | — | 100 | 100 | 12Z 24 February 2006 | 1400 | 1300 | 700 | 1500 | 600 | 1500 | 400 | 00Z 25 February 2006 | 80 | 150 | 50 | 80 | 80 | 150 | 100 | 12Z 25 February 2006 | 1300 | 1350 | 950 | 1450 | 850 | 1450 | 900 | 00Z 26 February 2006 | — | 50 | 50 | 80 | 50 | 150 | 100 |
| 12Z 24 April 2007 | 700 | 700 | 750 | 700 | 750 | 700 | 800 | TMX4 | 00Z 25 April 2007 | 100 | 120 | 200 | 150 | 150 | 200 | 150 | 12Z 25 April 2007 | 400 | 350 | 450 | 400 | 450 | 500 | 700 | 00Z 26 April 2007 | 50 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 50 | 150 | 50 | 12Z 26 April 2007 | 800 | 700 | 700 | 1050 | 700 | 1100 | 900 | 00Z 27 April 2007 | 120 | 100 | 120 | 100 | 120 | 180 | 100 |
| No. of successes | 2/24 | 3/24 | — | 2/24 | 15/24 | 2/24 | — | |
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The bold values refer to the best match between model and observation.
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