Numerical Modeling of the Severe Cold Weather Event over Central Europe (January 2006)

Table 1

Details of the ARW model.

Model Name	NCEP/NCAR ARW
Model type	Primitive equation, Non- hydrostatic
Vertical resolution	28 sigma levels 1.000, 0.990, 0.978, 0.964, 0.946, 0.922, 0.894, 0.860, 0.817, 0.766, 0.707, 0.644, 0.576, 0.507, 0.444, 0.380, 0.324, 0.273, 0.228, 0.188, 0.152, 0.121, 0.093, 0.069, 0.048, 0.029, 0.014, 0.000
Horizontal resolution	30 km
Time step	180 Seconds
Domain of integration	6.7624E - 37.2992E; 42.605N - 61.1074N
Short wave radiation scheme	Dudhia scheme
Long wave radiation scheme	Rapid Radiative Transfer Model for long wave radiation
Surface scheme	5-layer thermal diffusion scheme
Convection scheme	Kain- Fritsch (KF) [8, 9].
PBL scheme	YSU scheme
Explicit moisture scheme	WSM 3-class Simple Ice
Initial and boundary conditions	NCEP reanalysis data available at 2.5 degree and boundary conditions are updated every 6-hour interval