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Research on the HWRF Model: Intensification and Uncertainties in Model Physics Research on the HWRF Model: Intensification and Uncertainties in Model Physics Jian-Wen Bao NOAA/ESRL NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division 28 June 2011 Jian-Wen Bao NOAA/ESRL NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division 28 June 2011

1. Impact of horizontal and vertical diffusion on the intensification of an idealized vortex in the hwrf model 2. Sensitivity of tropical cyclone structure and wind-pressure relationships to physics representations in the hwrf model 3. Sensitivity of the asymptotic behavior of idealized tropical cyclone intensification to physics: ARW vs HWRF Collaborators: S. A. Michelson (NOAA/ESRL/PSD) S. G. Gopalakrishna and Franks Marks (NOAA/AMOL/HRD) Vijay Tallapragada (NOAA/NCEP/EMC) Mike Montgomery (Naval Postgraduate School) Issues under Investigation

Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclone Structure and Wind-Pressure Relationships to Physics Representations in the HWRF Model Sensitivity to: Boundary layer (BL) mixing, subgrid convection and radiation The surface drag The bulk microphysics and subgrid convection schemes Comparison of different evaluation metrics: 1.The maximum surface 10-m wind (VMAX) and minimum sea level pressure (PMIN) — operational metrics of tropical cyclone intensity 2.The azimuthally-averaged temporal and spatial structure of the tangential wind and its acceleration.

Model Experiment Setup The HWRF model is initialized with a weak axisymmetric vortex disturbance in an idealized tropical environment that is favorable for the vortex disturbance to develop into a hurricane. The initial mass and wind fields associated with the weak vortex disturbance are obtained by solving the nonlinear balance equation for the given wind distributions of the initial vortex (Wang 1995, MWR), and the prescribed background thermal sounding and winds. f-plane located at 12.5⁰N The prescribed axisymmetric vortex: — maximum surface tangential wind: 15 ms -1 — radius of surface maximum wind: 90 km Quiescent environment thermally corresponding to the Jordan sounding with a constant sea surface temperature of 29ºC Both models are run with 2 domains, a 9 km outer domain with a moving 3-km nest and 43 vertical levels

Experiment Summary EXPERIMENT NUMBER and NAME (color symbol designation in the VMAX and PMIN time series) Description of Physics Options 1 GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR (Red) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convective scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, NCAR Rapid Radiative Transfer Model longwave radiation scheme, Dudhia shortwave radiation scheme 2 MYJ/SAS/FER/NCAR (Black) MYJ BL and surface scheme, SAS convective scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, NCAR Rapid Radiative Transfer Model longwave radiation scheme, Dudhia shortwave radiation scheme 3 -MYJ/BMJ/FER/NCAR (Gray) MYJ BL and surface scheme, Betts-Miller-Janjic convective scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, NCAR Rapid Radiative Transfer Model longwave radiation scheme, Dudhia shortwave radiation scheme 4-GFS/BMJ/FER/GFD (Orange) GFS BL and surface scheme, Betts-Miller-Janjic convective scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 5-GFS/BMJ/FER/NCAR (Pink) GFS BL and surface scheme, Betts-Miller-Janjic convective scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, NCAR Rapid Radiative Transfer Model longwave radiation scheme, Dudhia shortwave radiation scheme, 6-GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR/MOD-DRAG (Brown) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, NCAR Rapid Radiative Transfer Model longwave radiation scheme, Dudhia shortwave radiation scheme, realistic drag coefficient consistent with recent observations 7-GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD (Light Blue) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, WRF Single-Moment 5-class microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 8-GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD (Magenta) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, WRF Single-Moment 6-class microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 9 - GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD (Yellow) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, WRF Thomson microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 10- GFS/SAS/FER/GFD(Green) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 11-GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD (Purple) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on 9-km grid, no convective scheme on 3- km grid, Ferrier microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme

The left panel (a) is the minimum sea level pressure (hPa). The right (b) is the maximum surface wind speed (ms -1 ). The red lines are Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR), the black lines are Experiment 2 (MYJ/SAS/FER/NCAR), the gray lines are Experiment 3 (MYJ/BMJ/FER/NCAR), the orange lines are Experiment 4 GFS/BMJ/FER/GFD and the pink lines are Experiment 5 (GFS/BMJ/FER/NCAR). Minimum sea level pressure (hPa) versus maximum surface wind speed (ms -1 ). The red filled diamonds are Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR), the black filled circles are Experiment 2 (MYJ/SAS/FER/NCAR), the gray filled circles are Experiment 3 (MYJ/BMJ/FER/NCAR), the orange filled diamonds are Experiment 4 (GFS/BMJ/FER/GFD), the pink filled diamonds are Experiment 5 (GFS/BMJ/FER/NCAR) and the open squares are from Knaff and Zehr (2007). The open red triangles (Experiment 1, GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR) and the open black circles (Experiment 2, MYJ/SAS/FER/NCAR) are the minimum sea level pressure (hPa) versus above the surface maximum azimuthally averaged tangential wind speed.

(a)(b)(c) (d) (e) Hovmöller diagrams of the azimuthally-averaged tangential wind speed (ms -1 ) for Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR) (a), Experiment 2 (MYJ/SAS/FER/NCAR) (b), Experiment 3 (MYJ/BMJ/FER/NCAR) (c), Experiment 4 (GFS/BMJ/FER/GFD) (d) and Experiment 5 (GFS/BMJ/FER/NCAR) (e) at 1 km above the surface. The shaded and contour intervals are 5 ms -1.

(a)(b)(c) (d) (e) Azimuthally and h averaged radius-height cross sections of the tangential wind contours (in red color) superposed on top of the secondary circulation vectors, radial wind speed (black contours, ms -1 ), and the net tangential forcing (frictional effect included) in units of ms -1 h -1 (color shaded) related to the primary circulation term in equation 2 for Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR) (a), Experiment 2 (MYJ/SAS/FER/NCAR) (b), Experiment 3 (MYJ/BMJ/FER/NCAR) (c), Experiment 4 (GFS/BMJ/FER/GFD) (d), and Experiment 5 (GFS/BMJ/FER/NCAR) (e). The positive contribution towards the spin-up process is indicated by the blue end of the spectrum.

Sensitivity to the surface drag EXPERIMENT NUMBER and NAME (color symbol designation in the VMAX and PMIN time series) Description of Physics Options 6-GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR/MOD-DRAG (Brown) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, NCAR Rapid Radiative Transfer Model longwave radiation scheme, Dudhia shortwave radiation scheme, realistic drag coefficient consistent with recent observations

(a) (b) Left panel (a) is the minimum sea level pressure (hPa). The right (b) is the maximum surface wind speed (ms -1 ). The red lines are Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR) and the brown lines are Experiment 6 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR/MOD-DRAG). Minimum sea level pressure versus maximum surface wind speed. The red filled diamonds are Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR), the brown filled diamonds are Experiment 6 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR/MOD-DRAG), and the open squares are from Knaff and Zehr (2007).

Hovmöller diagrams of the azimuthally-averaged tangential wind speed at 1 km above the surface for left Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR) and right Experiment 6 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR/MOD-DRAG). The shaded and contour intervals are 5 ms -1.

Azimuthally and h averaged radius-height cross section of the tangential wind contours (in red color) superposed on top of the vectors of the secondary circulation, radial wind speed (black contours, ms -1 ), and the net tangential forcing (frictional effect included) in units of ms -1 h-1 (color shaded) related to the primary circulation term in equation 2 for left Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR) and right Experiment 6 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR/MOD- DRAG). The positive contribution towards the spin-up process is indicated by the blue end of the spectrum.

Left panel (a) is the PMIN (hPa). The right (b) is the VMAX (ms -1 ). The red lines are Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR), the blue lines are Experiment 7 (GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD), the magenta lines are Experiment 8 (GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD), the dark-yellow lines are for Experiment 9 (GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD), the green lines are for Experiment 10 (GFS/SAS/FER/GFD) and the purple lines are for Experiment 11 (GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD). (a) (b) Minimum sea level pressure versus maximum surface wind speed. The red filled diamonds are Experiment 1 (GFS/SAS/FER/NCAR), the blue filled diamonds are Experiment 7 (GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD), the magenta filled diamonds are Experiment 8 (GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD), the dark-yellow filled diamonds are for Experiment 9 (GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD), the green filled diamonds are for Experiment 10 (GFS/SAS/FER/GFD), the purple filled diamonds are for Experiment 11 (GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD), and the open squares are from Knaff and Zehr (2007).

EXPERIMENT NUMBER and NAME (color symbol designation in the VMAX and PMIN time series) Description of Physics Options 7-GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD (Light Blue) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, WRF Single-Moment 5-class microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 8-GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD (Magenta) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, WRF Single-Moment 6-class microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 9 - GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD (Yellow) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, WRF Thomson microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 10- GFS/SAS/FER/GFD(Green) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on both grids, Ferrier microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme 11-GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD (Purple) GFS BL and surface scheme, SAS convection scheme on 9-km grid, no convective scheme on 3-km grid, Ferrier microphysics scheme, GFDL radiation scheme Sensitivity to the bulk microphysics and subgrid convection schemes

(a)(b)(c) (d) (e) Hovmöller diagrams of the azimuthally-averaged tangential wind speed at 1 km above the surface for Experiment 8 (GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD) (a), Experiment 9 (GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD) (b), Experiment 10 (GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD) (c), Experiment 11 (GFS/SAS/FER/GFD) (d), and Experiment 12 (GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD) (e). The shaded and contour intervals are 5 ms -1.

(a)(b)(c) (d) (e) Azimuthally and h averaged radius-height cross sections of the tangential wind contours (in red color) superposed on top of the vectors of the secondary circulation, radial wind speed (black contours, ms -1 ), and the net tangential forcing (frictional effect included) in units of ms -1 h -1 (color shaded) related to the primary circulation term in equation 2 for Experiment 7 (GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD) (a), Experiment 8 (GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD) (b), Experiment 9 (GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD) (c), Experiment 10 (GFS/SAS/FER/GFD) (d), and Experiment 11 (GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD) (e). The positive contribution towards the spin-up process is indicated by the blue end of the spectrum.

(a) (b) (c) (d)(e) The tangentially and h averaged radius-height cross section of, relative humidity (shaded colors), θ_e (black contours) and moisture fluxes (red contours) for Experiment 7 (GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD) (a), Experiment 8 (GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD) (b), Experiment 9 (GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD) (c), Experiment 10 (GFS/SAS/FER/GFD) (d), and Experiment 11 (GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD) (e).

The tangentially and h averaged radius-height cross section of vertical velocity (ms -1 ) for Experiment 7 (GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD) (a), Experiment 8 (GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD) (b), Experiment 9 (GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD) (c), Experiment 10 (GFS/SAS/FER/GFD) (d), and Experiment 11 (GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD) (e). (a) (b) (c) (d)(e)

Vertical Velocity at 400 mb averaged over hours for Experiment 7 (GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD) (a), Experiment 8 (GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD) (b), Experiment 9 (GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD) (c), Experiment 10 (GFS/SAS/FER/GFD) (d), and Experiment 11 (GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD) (e). (a) (b) (c) (d)(e) Red - vertical velocity > 0, shaded > 1 ms -1 Blue- vertical velocity < 0

Accumulated 12- hour precipitation ending at 72 hours for Experiment 7 (GFS/SAS/WS5/GFD) (a), Experiment 8 (GFS/SAS/WS6/GFD) (b), Experiment 9 (GFS/SAS/Thom/GFD) (c), Experiment 10 (GFS/SAS/FER/GFD) (d), and Experiment 11 (GFS/noSAS/FER/GFD) (e). (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

Main Conclusions 1. The differences measured in terms the VMAX and PMIN, along with the corresponding PWR, are not as revealing as the structural metrics in terms of azimuthally averaged tangential winds and the secondary circulation. 2. The different boundary layer physics parameterization schemes for vertical sub-grid turbulence mixing lead to differences not only in the intensity evolution in terms of the VMAX and PMIN, but also in the structural characteristics of the simulated tropical cyclone. 3. The surface drag coefficient is a key parameter that controls the PWR due to its control over the surface friction that is critical to the agradient force near the surface. 4. Different microphysics and subgrid convection parameterization schemes, due to different realization of vertical diabatic heating distribution, lead to significant variations in the vortex structure.

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