Vertical profiles: PBL checks


The following are checks on the pbl scheme.
Planetary boundary layer height check Planetary boundary layer vertical (pressure) profile Planetary boundary layer vertical (sigma) profile East-west cross section of pbl tendencies (per hour) through vortex core
North-south cross section of pbl tendencies (per hour) through vortex core Planetary boundary layer height check Theta pbl tendency in core vs. closed contour avg



WRF potential vorticity budget maps

Vertical profiles: Closed contour averages


The following are vertical profile checks of the potential vorticity contributions from the individual diabatic components averaged within the area on the domain where tropopause potential temperature is less than 280 K.
Tendency check: Does LW + SW = Total radiation? Tendency check: Does TTENDF = radiation + pbl + cumulus + diffusion? PV radiation: Longwave, shortwave, and total contributions PV physics check: Total physics term vs. individual components
PV components: Total radiation, pbl, cumulus, condensational, and diffusional contributions PV Physics vs. microphysics PV Radiation vs. Condensation



Vertical profiles: Vortex tropopause theta core


PV radiation: Longwave, shortwave, and total contributions PV physics check: Total physics term vs. individual components PV components: Total radiation, pbl, cumulus, condensational, and diffusional contributions PV Physics vs. microphysics
PV radiation vs. microphysics



Select pressure surface maps


700 hPa EPV changes from radiation 250 hPa EPV changes from radiation 950 hPa EPV changes from pbl scheme 750 hPa EPV changes from latent heating



Cross sections


East-West PV from total physics cross section East-West PV from diabatic heating cross sectio East-West PV from pbl scheme cross section East-West PV from longwave radiation cross section
North-South PV from diabatic heating cross section North-South PV from total physics cross section North-South PV from pbl scheme cross section North-South PV from longwave radiation cross section