Evaluation of Parameterization Schemes in the WRF Model for Estimation of Mixing Height

Table 4

Comparison of model generated mixing height with the observed values for cases TMX1–TMX4.

	A (m)	B (m)	C (m)	D (m)	E (m)	F (m)	O (m)	Case study
12Z March 2004	256	293	493	401	808	580	900	TMX1
00Z 14 March 2004	29	33	30	145	145	144	350
12Z 14 March 2004	112	189	297	1568	580	2073	900
00Z 15 March 2004	30	38	32	145	144	144	200
12Z 15 March 2004	215	213	360	400	806	807	700
00Z 16 March 2004	159	50	30	144	145	144	100
12Z 04 April 2005	257	365	399	580	809	809	900	TMX2
00Z 05 April 2005	30	39	30	145	146	145	150
12Z 05 April 2005	86	237	338	1575	581	2084	900
00Z 06 April 2005	30	59	30	145	146	145	350
12Z 06 April 2005	117	272	226	147	403	587	800
00Z 07 April 2005	30	39	30	146	147	259	300
12Z 23 February 2006	117	153	276	146	577	580	600	TMX3
00Z 24 February 2006	89	35	42	144	143	1062	100
12Z 24 February 2006	84	1017	206	146	576	2058	400
00Z 25 February 2006	134	86	29	143	571	254	100
12Z 25 February 2006	331	223	355	398	575	398	900
00Z 26 February 2006	198	52	29	395	144	2049	100
12Z 24 April 2007	429	409	533	811	809	1083	800	TMX4
00Z 25 April 2007	30	53	41	145	579	258	150
12Z 25 April 2007	214	263	350	588	584	819	700
00Z 26 April 2007	58	54	30	147	146	261	50
12Z 26 April 2007	422	436	443	585	585	1088	900
00Z 27 April 2007	30	57	30	146	146	260	100
No. of successes	—	2/24	—	1/24	18/24	3/24

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