Research Article

The Performance of Different Boundary-Layer Parameterisations in Meteorological Modelling in a Southwestern Coastal Area of the Iberian Peninsula

Table 2

Bias score (BIAS) and root mean square error (RMSE) values obtained in comparisons of observed values and the values predicted by four ABL schemes for wind speed ( ), potential temperature ( ), and specific humidity ( ) for the period from 27 April 2008 at 00:00 UTC to 29 April 2008 at 18:00 UTC.

MRF-StMRF-ModYSU-StYSU-Mod
RMSEBIASRMSEBIASRMSEBIASRMSEBIAS

(m s−1)1.66−0.511.56−0.522.02−0.621.89−0.70
(K)1.59−1.201.56−1.141.52−0.801.70−1.15
(g kg−1)1.260.801.280.911.030.611.030.74