Numerical Simulations of the 1 May 2012 Deep Convection Event over Cuba: Sensitivity to Cumulus and Microphysical Schemes in a High-Resolution Model

Table 1

Model options used in this study.

Parameters	Option	References/comments
Model	WRF-version 3.5.1	[20, 21]
Domains	d01: 27 km, d02: 9 km, d03: 3 km, d04: 1 km	See Figure 2(a)
Vertical levels	50	50 mb top-level pressure, 25 levels below 3 km
Time step	135 seconds	A ratio of 3 : 1 was used for nests
Simulation time	Start: 0000 UTC 01 May 2012; End: 0600 UTC 02 May 2012	30 hours; first 18 hours considered as spin-up time
Planetary boundary layer	Mellor-Yamada-Janjic	[22]; successfully used for real-time convective forecasts [23]
Short wave and long wave radiation	The Rapid Radiative Transfer Model (RRTMG) schemes	[24]; represent subgrid scale radiative processes