TITLE: Model Meteorology CIMA Modeling Group (CONICET - UBA ) MM5
Forecast Products.

AUTHOR(S):

      Name(s) of PI and all co-PIs.
Dr.Mario Nunez (PI)
        mnunez@cima.fcen.uba.ar
Dr. Claudio Menendez (co-PI)
        menendez@cima.fcen.uba.ar
Dra. Silvina Solman (co-PI)
        solman@at.fcen.uba.ar
Lic. Maria Fernanda Cabre (PhD Student), responsible of MM5 model runs.
        cabre@cima.fcen.uba.ar

Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmosfera (CIMA)
 Mailing: Pabellon II , piso 2 , Ciudad Universitaria
          1428 Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires.
          Argentina

 Phone : 54 11 4787 2693
 Fax   : 54 11 4788 3572
 web   : http://www.cima.fcen.uba.ar

Contact information for data questions:

Lic. Maria Fernanda Cabre (PhD Student), responsible of MM5 model runs.
cabre@cima.fcen.uba.ar

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DATA SET OVERVIEW:

      Introduction or abstract: 
		Model outputs correspond to the SALLJEX experiment,using the 
      Fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5), version 3-5.The following main
      physical parametrizations are used in the simulations presented in this work.

      High-resolution planetary boundary layer (Blackadar 1976),
      Cumulus convection Kain- Fritsch (1993),
      Explicit moisture scheme (simple ice) (Duhia 1989),
      Cloud-radiation (Benjamin and Carlson 1986),
      OSU -LSM

      Time period covered by the data: Initial Time 17 00 UTC, Final Time 19 00 UTC (January 2003)

      Physical location (including lat/lon/elev) of the measurement or platform
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             **** EXPERIMENT 1 ****  This resolution corresponds to the required resolution of 80 km.
             lat ( 60 S - 10 N ), lon (90 W - 30 W)

STARTING DATE FOR THIS MM5V3 INPUT FILE IS 2003-01-17_00:00:00
MAXIMUM TIME       =  2880.  MINUTES
TIME STEP          =  140.00 SECONDS
COARSE MESH DX     =  80000.0 (METERS)
GRID POINTS (X,Y)  =  ( 121,86 )
NUMBER OF LEVELS   =  23     -----> sigma levels


             **** EXPERIMENT 2 ****  This resolution corresponds to the required resolution of 20 km.
             lat (35 S - 10 S), lon (75 W - 45 W)

STARTING DATE FOR THIS MM5V3 INPUT FILE IS 2003-01-17_00:00:00
MAXIMUM TIME       =  2880.  MINUTES
TIME STEP          =  60.00 SECONDS
COARSE MESH DX     =  20000.0 (METERS)
GRID POINTS (X,Y)  =  ( 156,166 )
NUMBER OF LEVELS   =  23  -------> sigma levels

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Parametrizations

IMPHYS            =   4  SIMPLE ICE SCHEME (DUDHIA).
ICUPA             =   6  KAIN/FRITSCH CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION SCHEME.
IBLTYP            =   2  BLACKADAR PBL IS USED.
                                VERTICAL MIXING MOIST ADIABATIC IN CLOUDS.
 ISOIL            =   2  FOR MULTI-LAYER SOIL TEMPERATURE MODEL  OSU-LAND-SURFACE SCHEME.
 IMOIAV           =   2  MOISTURE AVAIL WILL VARY IN TIME USING BUCKET MODEL,
                               USING SOIL-MOISTURE CONVERTED VALUE TO START.
 IFRAD            =   2  LONGWAVE AND SHORTWAVE SCHEMES (DUDHIA, 1989).
                               THE RADIATION EFFECTS DUE TO CLOUDS ARE CONSIDERED.
                               THE RADIATION IS COMPUTED EVERY 30 STEPS.
 ITPDIF           =   1  HORIZONTAL DIFFUSION OF PERTURBATION TEMPERATURE.
 IVQADV           =   1  VERTICAL MOISTURE ADVECTION USES LINEAR INTERPOLATION.
 IVTADV           =   1  VERTICAL TEMPERATURE ADVECTION USES LINEAR INTERPOLATION.
 ITHADV           =   1  POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE ADVECTION USED
 ICOR3D           =   1  FULL 3D CORIOLIS FORCE.
 IFUPR            =   1  UPPER RADIATIVE BOUNDARY CONDITION.

 IBOUDY           =   3  RELAXATION I/O BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ARE USED.

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INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION:

        not applicable
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*** EXPERIMENT 1 ***

Binary data: cima_mm5.exp1.03011700.dat
Descriptor file for using GrADS: cima_mm5.exp1.03011700.ctl

*** EXPERIMENT 2 ***

Binary data: cima_mm5.exp2.03011700.dat
Descriptor file for using GrADS: cima_mm5.exp2.0301700.ctl

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