OTC MM5 Meteorological Model Configuration

Science Options	Configuration	Details/Comments

Model Code	MM5 Version 3.6

	Horizontal Grid Mesh	36km/12km

	36-km grid	149x129 cells

	12-km grid	175x175 cells

	Vertical Grid Mesh	29 layers

	Grid Interaction	No feedback	Two-way nesting

Initialization	Eta first guess fields/LittleR

	Boundary Conditions	Eta first guess fields/LittleR

	Microphysics	Simple Ice

	Cumulus Scheme	Kain-Fritsch	36km/12km grids

Planetary Boundary Layer	High-resolution Blackadar PBL

	Radiation	Simple cooling

	Vegetation Data	USGS	24 Category Scheme

Land Surface Model	Five-Layer Soil model

	Shallow Convection	None

	Sea Surface Temperature	Do not update SST

	Thermal Roughness	Default

	Snow Cover Effects	None

	4D Data Assimilation	Analysis Nudging: 36km/12km

	Integration Time Step	75 seconds

	Simulation Periods	2002

	Platform	Linux Cluster	Done at UMD



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