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

Table 5

Comparison of model generated mixing height (using Holtzworth’s method) with the observed values for experiments TMN1–TMN4.

	A (m)	B (m)	C (m)	D (m)	E (m)	F (m)	O (m)	Case study
12Z 26 December 2004	1300	1400	550	1200	450	1250	300	TMN1
00Z 27 December 2004	100	100	—	150	50	200	150
12Z 27 December 2004	1350	1300	650	1300	400	1450	300
00Z 28 December 2004	—	80	—	50	80	—	150
12Z 28 December 2004	1100	800	500	1200	500	1300	400
00Z 29 December 2004	—	80	—	70	80	50	100
12Z 17 January 2005	600	600	600	580	550	625	900	TMN2
00Z 18 January 2005	200	180	200	150	100	150	350
12Z 18 January 2005	1300	1200	1000	1400	950	1350	600
00Z 19 January 2005	250	300	150	200	100	250	200
12Z 19 January 2005	1100	1050	900	1150	850	1150	700
00Z 20 January 2005	200	200	80	150	80	200	100
12Z 26 January 2006	1400	1800	1050	2000	900	2000	550	TMN3
00Z 27 January 2006	50	200	50	200	100	200	100
12Z 27 January 2006	1450	950	750	1400	700	1400	650
00Z 28 January 2006	50	50	—	50	100	100	100
00Z 29 January 2006	100	80	—	100	80	120	200
00Z 14 November 2007	150	—	—	—	—	—	200	TMN4
12Z 14 November 2007	550	650	750	1250	600	1300	100
00Z 15 November 2007	50	120	—	120	100	180	100
12Z 15 November 2007	500	490	400	900	700	950	480
00Z 16 November 2007	110	120	50	150	100	200	100
12Z 16 November 2007	1250	1100	1000	1200	900	1200	400
No. of successes	2/23	1/23	1/23	2/23	16/23	1/23

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