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| The MM5 ensemble
system is run once daily for 48h using different
intializations and physics packages. |
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The
MM5 model is run twice a day for 60h at 36, 12 and
4-km horizontal resolution
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| A distributed
hydrologic model (DHSVM) is run daily, using precipitation
and other fields from the real-time MM5 |
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| Weather predictions, fire danger,
and smoke dispersion for the Northwest |
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Organization and Goals
The regional environmental forecasts are
supported by the
Northwest Regional Modeling Consortium, a group of local, state,
and Federal agencies and cooperating private companies.
The goals of this effort are to produce operational atmospheric,
hydrologic, and air quality forecasts over the Northwest. The centerpiece
of the effort is the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model (MM5), which
produces high-resolution atmospheric forecasts that are used to
drive a collection of environmental modeling systems.
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