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UWME/UWME+ Member Summary

January 2005 --> CURRENT

UWME
Member NameIC/LBC SourceMM5 PBL SchemeMM5 Cumulus SchemeMM5 MicrophysicsMM5 Radiation Scheme
GFSGlobal Forecast System (GFS) -- formerly known as the aviation run (AVN)
U.S.A. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2
CMCGGlobal Environmental Multi-scale (GEM) model
Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2
ETAEta limited-area mesoscale model
U.S.A. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2
GASPGlobal AnalysiS and Prediction (GASP) model
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2
JMAGlobal Spectral Model (GSM)
Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2
NGPSNavy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Center (FNMOC)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2
TCWBGlobal Forecast System
Taiwan Central Weather Bureau (CWB)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2
UKMOUnified Model
U.K. Met Office (UKMO)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2
Member NameIC/LBC SourceMM5 PBL SchemeMM5 Cumulus SchemeMM5 MicrophysicsMM5 Radiation Scheme
CENTMulti-analysis centroid
(mean of the eight IC/LBC sources listed above)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschReisner II (grpl)CCM2

October 2002 --> CURRENT

UWME+
Member NameIC/LBC SourceMM5 PBL SchemeMM5 Cumulus SchemeMM5 Microphysics
GFS+Global Forecast System (GFS) -- formerly known as the aviation run (AVN)
U.S.A. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)Kain-FritschSimple Ice (Dudhia)
CMCG+Global Environmental Multi-scale (GEM) model
Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC)		MRF PBL (Hong-Pan)GrellReisner II (grpl), skip4
ETA+Eta limited-area mesoscale model
U.S.A. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)		Eta PBL (Mellor-Yamada)Betts-Miller / GrellGoddard
GASP+Global AnalysiS and Prediction (GASP) model
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)		Gayno-Seaman PBLBetts-Miller / Kain-FritschShultz
JMA+Global Spectral Model (GSM)
Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA)		Gayno-Seaman PBLKain-FritschReisner II (grpl), skip4
NGPS+Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System
Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Center (FNMOC)		Blackadar PBLGrellShultz
TCWB+Global Forecast System
Taiwan Central Weather Bureau (CWB)		Blackadar PBLBetts-Miller / GrellSimple Ice (Dudhia)
UKMO+Unified Model
U.K. Met Office (UKMO)		Burk-Thompson PBLKain-FritschReisner I (mx-phs)

Questions and comments should be directed to: Eric Grimit

Last Updated: January 27, 2005

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