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On the sensitivity of mesoscale models to surface-layer parameterization constants

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The Colorado State University standard mesoscale model is used to evaluate the sensitivity of one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) fields to differences in surface-layer parameterization “constants”. Such differences reflect the range in the published values of the von Karman constant, Monin-Obukhov stability functions and the temperature roughness length at the surface. The sensitivity of 1D boundary-layer structure, and 2D sea-breeze intensity, is generally less than that found in published comparisons related to turbulence closure schemes generally.

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Garratt, J.R., Pielke, R.A. On the sensitivity of mesoscale models to surface-layer parameterization constants. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 48, 377–387 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123060

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