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	—

The bold values refer to the best match between model and observation.