Review Article

Weather Support for the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Events

Table 1

Overview of dynamical models.

ModelGridInitial conditions

MM54-nested grids (45/15/5/1.67 km)AVN analyses
MM5RUC 2-nested grids (5/1.67 km)5 km MM5 forecast
WRF (500 m)500 m1.67 km MM5RUC forecast
WRF (3 km)3-nested grids (27/9/3 km)AVN analyses
WRF (5 km)2-nested grids (15/5 km)T213 forecast