SALLJEX Coordinated model experiment 3
 
EXPERIMENT 3: Model CPTEC Enhanced Analysis (initial data for exp. #3)
 
Institution: Department of Atmospheric Sciences - Universidad of São Paulo
Team: Rosmeri Rocha and Tércio Ambrizzi
contact: rosmerir@model.iag.usp.br or ambrizzi@model.iag.usp.br
 
Numerical Model: PSU-NCAR Mesoscale Model of fifth generation MM5 - V3
 
Initial date for MM5V3 simulation: 2003-01-17_00:00:00
Integration time =   48 hours
Coarse mesh resolution   =  75 km with 103 x 140 grid points in the E-W and N-S directions, respectively.  
Fine Mesh resolution = 25 km  with 153 x 140 grid points in the E-W and N-S directions, respectively. 
23 vertical sigma levels with top model at 50 hPa
 

Parametrizations	Coarse mesh	Fine mesh
Surface scheme	Five-layer soil model	Five-layer soil model
Covective precipitation	Grell	Kain-Fritsch 2
Grid scale precipitation	Simple ice (Dudhia)	Schultz
Planetary boundary layer	MRF	MRF
Radiation	Cloud-radiation scheme	Cloud-radiation scheme
Shallow convection	Yes	Yes

 
Output files were interpolated to regular latitude longitude grid (0.8 degree for coarse mesh and 0.2 degree for fine mesh) and have the following variables:
1. Sea level pressure (mb)
2. 3-hour accumulated total (convective + grid scale) precipitation (mm)
3. geopoetential height (m)
4. zonal wind (m s-1)
5.meridional wind (m s-1)
6. air temperature (oC)
7. mixing ration (kg/kg)
8. vertical velocity (m s-1)
 
These output files are in binary format and are:

Files	Coarse mesh	Fine mesh
GrADS descriptor	mm5usp_exp3_80_03011700.ctl	mm5usp_exp3_20_03011700.ctl
Binary data file	mm5usp_exp3_80_03011700.dat	mm5usp_exp3_20_03011700.dat

The regular grid data files have 10 vertical levels (1000.00, 925.00, 900.00, 875.00, 850.00, 800.00,  700.00,  500.00,  400.00 and 250.00 mb)