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Si-Wan Kim, Mary C. Barth, William C. Skamarock
National Center for Atmosphere Research
Boulder, Colorado, USA
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The Weather and Research Forecast (WRF)
Model is a next-generation mesoscale numerical
weather prediction system,Can be used to solves conservative(flux form),
nonhydrostatic compressible equations,
Suitable for a broad spectrum of applicationsacross scales ranging from meters to thousands of
kilometers.
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INTRODUCTION
Model studies have shown that convective injections
of peroxides and formaldehyde in the boundary layer
(BL) to the upper troposphere (UT) can produce HOxand ozone in the UT(Chatfield and Crutzen, 1984;
Prather and Jocob, 1997).
Deep convection on the BL air venting andscavenging of peroxides using aircraft observation in
the marine environment.
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These aircraft observations were not exactly
coincident with convective events in time, which puts
some limitations on the interpretation of data due to
uncertainties in chemical reactions, advection andconvection processes.
To understand this interaction, a modelling framework
that is complementary to observations needs to be
developed.
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The Weather and Research Forecast (WRF)
model coupled with aqueous chemistry and
microphysical transfer processes and examine theimportance of cloud physics and chemistry on
peroxides and formaldehyde concentrations by
simulating the 10 July 1996 STERAO stormwhich was observed in northeastern Colorado.
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The aqueous chemistry is computed for thecloud water and rain assuming a pH of 4.5.Most chemical species are initialized with
values measured in the inflow region of thestorm; other species are estimated from valuesfound in the literature or from the Julymonthly-mean mixing ratio for northeastern
Colorado calculated by the 3-dimensionalglobal transport model, MOZART.
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The simulated storm has radar reflectivity compa-rable to the observed storm
(Figure1, maximum reflectivity greater than 50 dBZ). Observed radarreflectivity obtained from the CSU CHILL radar reveals a multi-cellular system
(2 cells), as does the radar reflectivity calculated from the model results (3 cells).
The observed storm reaches lower stratosphere, while the simulated storm does
not develop to that height.
Radar reflectivity of a cross section through the storm from (a)simulation at t = 4200 s and (b) CHILL radar.
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The results of the simulations show theimportance of both cloud physics and cloudchemistry on the spatial distribution of solublespecies. Other factors, such as cloud-modifiedphotolysis frequencies, lightning-production ofNOx, and interactions between gas and icephases, could also influence the spatial
distribution of chemical species. These processeswill be implemented in the future.