Experiment/To-Do list for RR Curtis Alexander 20 July 2010 RR-primary ----------- Done) WRF v3.2 Done) GSI-trunk Done) Unipost 4) Rotated lat/lon RR-devel ----------- Done) Switch to 30 min tten Done) WRF v3.2 Done) GSI-trunk Done) Unipost 4) Rotated lat/lon Done) No 6th order diffusion/monotonic moisture advection 6) Radial velocity assimilation (Yi Yang) RR-retro ----------- Done) Test 3+ day cycling crash fix (establish control run) Done) Namelist damping option 3 Done) Dezso GSI surface modification Done) 3-hr cycling Done) Shallow convection 1) MYNN PBL scheme 2) 1/3 tten 3) Cloud analysis 4) Reflectivity assimilation adjustment RR-retro (May 2010, RR testing) ----------- 0)RRret_May8LC: Lambert Conformal run (full hourly cycling and partial cycling) 1)RRret_May8v1: old Rotated Lat/lon run (full hourly cycling and partial cycling) 2)RRret_May8v2: Rotated lat/lon run with the corrections to WRF for the RLL grid (full hourly cycling and partial cycling) 3)RRret_May8v3: RRret_May8v2 + new PBL scheme 4)RRret_May8v4: RRret_May8v3 + re-balance fix 5)RRret_May8v5: RRret_May8v4 + the newly added vertical interpolation in GSI 6)RRret_May8v6: RRret_May8v4 + GFS berror #1 7)RRret_May8v7: RRret_May8v6 + diff_savehydmeteors=0 8)RRret_May8v8: RRret_May8v7 + GFS berror #2, diff_savehydmeteors=0 (in the partical cycle, in the first one and a half days,used GFS berror #1) 9)RRret_May8v9: RRret_May8v4 + new Nam berror,diff_savehydmeteors=1;old verification RRret_May8v9_new: RRret_May8v4 + new Nam berror,diff_savehydmeteors=1;new verification fixes 10)RRret_May8v10: RRret_May8v9 + new error table, new verification fixes 11)RRret_May8v11: RRret_May8v7 + saturation definition transition changed in GSI, new verification fixes 12)RRret_May8v12: RRret_May8v11 + saturation definition transition NOT changed in GSI, new verification fixes 13)RRret_May8v13: new versions of RR (GSI: gsi.exe_r295,for WRF: wrf.exe_r302,rebalancing after DFI) + diff_savehydmeteors=1 (02/04/2011) 14)RRret_May8v14: the same as v13 except for diff_savehydmeteors=0 (but wrf crashed on 0817,0818,0819,0820 after at least 1-h fcst) (02/09/2011) 15)RRret_May8v15: the same as v14 except for updating QV to saturation after DFI using the pre-DEF RH>=100% in WRF (02/14/2011) 16)RRret_May8v16: some changes in dfi.F, using rsif.F (saturation w.r.t ice) instead of rslf.F and other changes by Stan (02/18/2011) qs = rsif(pres, temp) IF(grid%dfi_moist(i,k,j,P_Qs) .GT. 1.e-5 .and. temp.lt.273. ) THEN grid%moist (i,k,j,P_QV) = MAX(grid%moist(i,k,j,p_qv),grid%dfi_rh(i,k,j)*QS) ENDIF 17)RRret_May8v17: using wrf.exe_r318, diff_savehydmeteors=2(03/11/2011) 18)RRret_May8v18: the same as v17 except for using dfi_cutoff_seconds = 1440 instead of 3600 (03/14/2011) 19)RRret_May8v19: wrf.exe_r330,dif_savehydmeteors=1,non_dydrostatic=.false. (04/04/2011) 20)RRret_May8v20: wrf.exe_r331,dif_savehydmeteors=1,non_dydrostatic=.false. (04/06/2011) 21)RRret_May8v21: new wrf.exe from Tanya,dif_savehydmeteors=1,non_dydrostatic=.false. (04/07/2011) 22)RRret_May8v22: v21 + Wan-Shu's code for the extra raob levels (05/27/2011) 23)RRret_May8v23: v19(wrf.exe_r330,gsi.exe_r295) + Joe's MYNN PBL scheme (08/09/2011) 24)RRret_May8v24: v19(wrf.exe_r330,gsi.exe_r295) + Joe's fixed MYNN PBL scheme (08/30/2011) **v1-v6: using diff_savehydmeteors=1; v1-v5: using nam berror. RR-retro (May 2010, GOES-R Project: AIRS SFOV Assimilation) ----------- 1)RRret_May8LC_Ctrl: LC version,control run for GOES-R satellite data assimilation projects (3-h cycling) 2)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v1: RLL version,control run (3-h cycling), wrf crashed 3)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v2: RLL version,control run (3-h cycling), without any radiance 4)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3: RLL version,control run (3-h cycling), with radiance(except AIRS) RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3_2: new fixed verification 5)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v4: RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3 + AIRS SFOV Sounding Data (new verification fixes) 6)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v5: RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3 - RAOB data (120 just T and 220 UV in prepbufr file) (new verification fixes) 7)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v6: RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3 - RAOB data (120 both T/Q and 220 UV in prepbufr file) (new verification fixes) 8)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v7: RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3 + AIRS SFOV Sounding T Data from 100-800 mb 9)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v8: RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3 + AIRS SFOV Sounding T Data from 400-800 mb 10)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v9: RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3 + AIRS SFOV Sounding T Data from 400-800 mb + doubling the observation errors 11)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v11: RRret_May8_Ctrl_v3 + 60 km horizontal, 50 mb vertical thinning, AIRS SFOV Sounding T Data from 400-800 mb + doubling the T observation errors 12)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v12: the same as v11 except using the NEW T data 13)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v13: v3 + AIRS SFOV Souding Q Data from 400-800mb,using GSI raob 120 Q error table 14)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v14: v3 + AIRS SFOV Souding T AND Q Data from 400-800mb, both 60 km horizontal, 50 mb thinning,using GSI raob 120 Q error table + doubling the T observation errors 15)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v15: v3 + AIRS SFOV Souding T AND Q Data from 400-800mb, both 60 km horizontal, 50 mb thinning,using 4XGSI raob 120 Q error table + doubling the T observation errors 16)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v16: v3 + AIRS SFOV Souding T AND Q Data from 400-800mb, both 60 km horizontal, 50 mb thinning,using 1X error above 500mb, 10X error below 500 mb raob 120 Q error table + doubling the T observation errors 17)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v17: v3 + AIRS SFOV Souding T AND Q Data from 400-800mb, both 10 km horizontal (acutlly no thinning since data resolution is 15km), 50 mb thinning,using 1X error above 500mb, 10X error below 500 mb raob 120 Q error table + doubling the T observation errors 18)RRret_May8_Ctrl_v18: v3 + AIS SFOV Sounding T with background smoothing, 60 km horizontal and 50 mb vertical thinning (400-800mb) (04/26/2011) RR-retro (May 2010, GOES-R Project: AIRS Radiance Assimilation) ----------- 1)RRret_May8_Rad_v1: Control run (without any raidance data): gsi_r242, (04/26/2011) RRret_May8_Rad_v1_2: using new RH verification FW-to-Wobus 2)RRret_May8_Rad_v2: Control run + AIRS raidance data (05/03/2011) (new RH verification FW-to-Wobus), old bufr file data with bugs 3)RRret_May8_Rad_v3: Control run + AIRS raidance data with the updated mass bias correction coefficients from Rad_v2 (05/05/2011) (new RH verification FW-to-Wobus), old bufr files data with bugs 4)RRret_May8_Rad_v4: control run + AIRS radiance (airs bufr file encoder bug fixed) 5)RRret_May8_Rad_v5: control run + AIRS radiance (airs bufr file encoder bug fixed) with updated bias coefficients from v4 6)RRret_May8_Rad_v6: control run + 1-h cycle AIRS radiance (airs bufr file encoder bug fixed) with updated bias coefficients from v4 (05/27/2011) just 3-day verification RR-retro (May 2010, GOES-R Project: AIRS Assimilation, after 07/26/2011) 1) RRret_May8_SFOV_v1: new updated control run (without any radiance data) (07/26/2011) GSI: r373 (using the PBL pseudo obs. with vs=1.0 + Wan-Shu's code) WRF: r333 dfi_savehydmeteors=1,non_hydrostatic=.faulse. 2) RRret_May8_SFOV_v2: the same as v1, except for without using the radar data (08/01/2011) 3) RRret_May8_SFOV_v3: the same as v1, except for turning off the PBL pseudo (08/09/2011) 4) RRret_May8_SFOV_v4: the same as v3, + SFOV (250-800 mb) Temperature without thinning, with GSI raob 120 error table (08/15/2011) 5) RRret_May8_SFOV_v5: the same as v3, + SFOV (400-800 mb) Temperature with 60 km and 50 mb thinning, with 2X AIRS standard Errors (08/18/2011) 6) RRret_May8_SFOV_v6: the same as v1, except for using vs=0.5 (08/19/2011) 7) RRret_May8_SFOV_v7: the same as v5, except for rejecting any SFOV temperature residial larger than 4 degrees (08/26/2011) 8) RRret_May8_SFOV_v8: the same as v7, except for using 1X AIRS standard errors (08/30/2011) 9) RRret_May8_SFOV_v9: the same as v1, except for just Q ONLY for PBL pseudo (09/09/2011) 10) RRret_May8_SFOV_10: the same as v1, except for just Q ONLY for PBL pseudo and VS=0.5 (09/27/2011) 11) RRret_May8_SFOV_11: the same as v3, + SFOV (400-800 mb) only water vapor with 60 km and 50 mb thinning, with 2X raob error for water vapor 12) RRret_May8_SFOV_v12: the same as v11 + rejeting any residual larger than 2g/kg RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_2 (not completed): the same as v3 + SFOV (400-800 mb) only water vapor without thinning, with 15% error for all levels, cgross=2.0, RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_3 (not completed): the same as v3 + SFOV (400-800 mb) only water vapor without thinning, with 15% error for all levels, cgross=5.0, with bias correction (+15%*guess saturation) plus force to reject any absolute residul large than 75 RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_4 : the same as v3 + SFOV (400-800 mb) only water vapor, with thinning (60 km 50 mb), with 30% error for all levels, cgross=1.0, with bias correction (+15%*guess saturation) plus force to reject any absolute residual large than 30% RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_5: the same as v3 + SFOV (400-800 mb) only water vapor, with thinning (60 km and 50 mb), with 20% error table for all levels, cgross=3.0; with bias correction (+15%*gusee saturation) plus force to reject any absolute residual larger than 60% RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_6(not completed, to 12 May): the same as v3 + SFOV (400-800mb) only water vapor, with thinning (60 km and 50 mb), with 30% error table for all levels,cgross=2.0, with bias correctin (+15%*guess saturation) plus force to reject any absolute residual largher than 60% RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_7(not finished,to 15 May): the same as RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_4 except with bias correction of +10%*guess saturation RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_8 : the same as RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_4 except rejecing all near surface data (under 150 mb period) RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_9 (not finished to 10 May) : the same as RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_8 except using 15% as error for all levels, cgross=2.0, so still rejecting residual larger than 30% RRret_May8_SFOV_v12_10: the same as v12_8 except without bias correction 13) RRret_May8_SFOV_v13: V12_4 + temperature, 2X airs error, rejecting any residual larger than 2*error at each level, rejecting data near surface(150 mb), thinning 14) RRret_May8_SFOV_v14: the same as v13 except for using the data up 50 mb. 15) RRret_May8_SFOV_v15: new control run for later exps.(including AIRS_v1 and AIRS_v2) 16) RRret_May8_SFOV_v16: v15 + 400-800 mb temp with first version bias correction 17) RRret_May8_SFOV_v17: the same as v16 excpet without bias correction 18) RRret_May8_SFOV_v18: NO Data Assimilation 19) RRret_May8_SFOV_v19: ONLY SFOF T + Q(BC corrected) data, no conventional data 20) RRret_May8_SFOV_v20: moisture only with new BC (v1 BC), thinning, QC(30%, rejetting data near surface) RR-retro AIRS radiance (May 10 2010) 1) RRret_May8_AIRS_v1: the same as RRret_May8_SFOV_v3 excpet using AIRS radiance data (68 channels) with the updated bias coefficients from preious two-week (April 23 - May 7) warm up period (11/29/2011) RR-retro (Aug 11- Aug 22 2011 full+ partial cycle run) 1) RRret_Aug11_2011_v1: Radar-denial retro run, GSI: GSI_r381, WRF: wrf.exe_r333, SST update, retro run system is updated to Aug 11-22 2010 Oper RR, missing prepbufr files at 12-14Z 16 Aug 2011 2) RRret_Aug11_2011_v2: the same as v1 except for using MYNN scheme, after 10Z 12 August, using new exec WRF file from Joe. 3) RRret_Aug11_2011_v3: the same as v1 except for using the updated MYNN scheme, time period (09Z 11- 23Z 14 Aug.) (11/15/2011) 4) RRret_Aug11_2011_v4: the same as v1 except for using radar data (11/29/2011) 5) RRret_Aug11_2011_v5: the same as v4 except for addding GOES radiance data (09Z 11- 23Z 14 Aug. ) (12/02/2011) 6) RRret_Aug11_2011_v6: the same as v4 + starting with RUC soil fields(soil surgery using RUC soil fields generating new wrfinput_d01_2011-08-11_03:00:00 for the start of the partial cycle). Includes soil adjustment (main difference), GSI_r417 version, a bit GSI script change. (12/12/2011) 7) RRret_Aug11_2011_v7: the same as v6 + gsi.exe_r428 (also some namelist changed in the GSI script) (snow-radar fix, PW elevation correction, cloud analysis fixes (conserve theta-v, reduce RH when cloud clearing)) 8) RRret_Aug11_2011_v8: the same as v7 + change non_hydrostatic to .true. and change damp_opt to 3, run up to 21Z 16 August 2011 (started 1/3/2012) 9) RRret_Aug11_2011_v9: the same as v8 + dampcoef=0.2 instead of dampcoef=0.02 in v8 (started on 01/08/2012,run to 14 August) 10) RRret_Aug11_2011_v10: the same as v9 + WRFv3.3.1(wrf.exe_r445) (new boundary and 03 and 21 GFS input files from real.exe), cu_diag=1 11) RRret_Aug11_2011_v11: new version of cu_g3 and WRFv3.3.1 (new boundary and 03z, 15z initial files from GFS), cu_diag=1 12) RRret_Aug11_2011_v12: WRFv3.3.1 + v3.2 cu_g3, cu_diag=0, cu_rad_feedback=.false, no quilting (nio_tasks_per_group=0) 13) RRret_Aug11_2011_v13: the same as v12 except using NYNN scheme RR-retro (May 29 - June 12 2011 full + partical cycle) on Zeus 1) RRret_June_2011_v1: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_510 with v3.3.1 G3) 2) RRret_June_2011_v2: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) up to May 31 2011 without SST update and snow trimming 3) RRret_June_2011_v3: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without snow trimming 4) RRret_June_2011_v4: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) 5) RRret_June_2011_v5: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without radiosonde data assimilation 6) RRret_June_2011_v6: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without aircraft data assimilation 7) RRret_June_2011_v7: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without profiler data assimilation 8) RRret_June_2011_v8: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without radar data assimilation 9) RRret_June_2011_v9: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without surface data assimilation 10) RRret_June_2011_v10: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without cloud-drift wind data assimilation 11) RRret_June_2011_v11: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without VAD wind data assimilation 12) RRret_June_2011_v12: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without GPS-met moisture data assimilation 13) RRret_June_2011_v13: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) without moisture pseudo-obs data assimilation 14) RRret_June_2011_v14: using the latest RAP versions (GSI: r_504, WRF: r_517 with v3.2 G3) with a reduced ob error (4 m/s instead of ~7 m/s) for satellite AMV observations 15) RRret_June_2011_v15: the same as v4 except using WRFv3.4.1 with v3.4 G3. Namelist options: cu_diag = 0 and cu_rad_feedback=.false. 16) RRret_June_2011_v15b: the same as v15 except using different namelist options: cu_diag = 1 and cu_rad_feedback=.true. 17) RRret_June_2011_v16: the same as v15 except using v3.5 G3. Namelist options: cu_physics = 3, 1, 0; cu_diag = 0; cu_rad_feedback=.false.; ishallow = 0 18) RRret_June_2011_v16b: the same as v16 except using different namlist option: ishallow = 1 19) RRret_June_2011_v17: the same as v4, except using updated GSI (r_653) which includes mods to radar building/clearing HRRR/RR-retro 1) 4-6 June 2012 RAPv1 control for MT severe 2) 4-6 June 2012 RAPv2 PBL pseudo obs and soil nudging for MT severe 3) 29 June 2012 RAP-HRRRv2 control for derecho 4) 29 June 2012 RAP-HRRRv2 with convective parameterization for derecho 5) 27 April 2011 RAP-HRRRv2 control for tornado outbreak 6) 27 April 2011 RAP-HRRRv2 with contective parameterization control for tornado outbreak 7) 2 May 2010 RAP-HRRRv2 (flooding) for control and convective parameterization 8) 14 Apr 2012 RAP-HRRRv2 (airmass t-storms) for control and convective parameterization 9) 29 June 2012 RAP initial conditions with HRRR-NMM for derecho 10) May-June 2011 RAP AMV inclusion experiment ======================================================================================== ERIC'S RAP RETROS (Jet: /lfs3/projects/rtwbl/ejames/rapretro OR /lfs3/projects/wrfruc/ejames/rapretro) ( OR /lfs1/projects/wrfruc/ejames/rapretro) (Theia: /scratch4/BMC/wrfruc/ejames/rapretro OR /scratch4/BMC/zrtrr) ======================================================================================== A) 15 May - 15 June 2013: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A1) RRret_hyb_May2013_v1_lsmfix ("may2013_bugfix") Control run (WRFv3.4.1) for the May-Jun 2013 retro period Run in Sep 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A2) RRret_hyb_May2013_v1_sstfix ("may2013_sstfix") Quick test to check SST soil adjustment bug fix Run in Sep 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A3) RRret_hyb_May2013_wrf351 ("may2013_v3") First run with WRFv.3.5.1 Run in Nov 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A4) RRret_hyb_May2013_wrf351_r816 ("may2013_v4") Run with WRFv3.5.1 + mods to Georg's shallow cu scheme Run in Dec 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A5) RRret_hyb_May2013_wrf351_myj ("may2013_v5") Run with WRFv3.5.1 + MYJ PBL scheme (instead of MYNN) Run in Dec 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A6) RRret_hyb_May2013_hypsometric ("may2013_v6") Run with WRFv3.4.1 + hypsometric_opt=1 Run in Jan 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A7) RRret_hyb_May2013_wrf351_hyps1 ("may2013_v7") Run with WRFv3.5.1 + hypsometric_opt=1 Run in Jan 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A8) RRret_hyb_May2013_wrf351_DA ("may2013_v8") Run with WRFv.3.5.1 + latest GSI update Run in Feb 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A9) RRret_hyb_May2013_2mQv_radiance ("may2013_v9") Run with WRFv3.5.1 + theta-v bug fix + 4-m Qv DA + cycled radiance bias correction Run in Mar 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A10) RRret_hyb_May2013_modisLAI_shallowCUrad ("may2013_v10") A9 + new MODIS land use LAI and VEGFRAC + Joe's shallow cu rad feedback Run in Mar 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A11) RRret_hyb_May2013_modisLAI ("may2013_v11") A9 - Joe's shallow cu rad feedback Run in Mar 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A12) RRret_hyb_May2013_3hcyc ("may2013_v12") A1 but with 3-h cycling; not controlled experiment, so aborted (problem with geo_file) Run in May-Jun 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A13) RRret_hyb_May2013_aircraft ("may2013_aircraft") A1 but withholding obs types 130,131,133,134,135,230,231,233,234,235 Run in Dec 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A14) RRret_hyb_May2013_clouddrift ("may2013_clouddrift") A1 but withholding obs types 242,243,245,252,253,257,258,259,261 Run in Jan 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A15) RRret_hyb_May2013_gpsmet ("may2013_gpsmet") A1 but withholding obs type 153 Run in Jan 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A16) RRret_hyb_May2013_profiler ("may2013_profiler") A1 but withholding obs types 126,223,227 Run in Jan 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A17) RRret_hyb_May2013_radar ("may2013_radar") A1 but with no radar reflectivity data (link broken) Run in Feb 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A18) RRret_hyb_May2013_raob ("may2013_raob") A1 but withholding obs types 120,122,132,220,222,232,182 Run in Dec 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A19) RRret_hyb_May2013_surface ("may2013_surface") A1 but withholding obs types 180,181,183,187,188,280,281,282,284,287,288 Run in Feb 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A20) RRret_hyb_May2013_vad ("may2013_vad") A1 but withholding obs type 224 Run in Feb 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A21) RRret_May2013_eric ("may2013_control") A1, rerun on Jet to establish baseline for rerunning OSEs Run in Oct 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A22) RRret_May2013_aircraft ("may2013_aircraft") A13, rerun on Jet Run in Oct 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A23) RRret_May2013_clouddrift ("may2013_clouddrift") A14, rerun on Jet Run in Oct 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A24) RRret_May2013_gpsmet ("may2013_gpsmet") A15, rerun on Jet Run in Oct 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A25) RRret_May2013_profiler ("may2013_profiler") A16, rerun on Jet Run in Nov 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A26) RRret_May2013_radar ("may2013_radar") A17, rerun on Jet Run in Nov 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A27) RRret_May2013_raob ("may2013_raob") A18, rerun on Jet Run in Dec 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A27) RRret_May2013_surface ("may2013_surface") A19, rerun on Jet Run in Dec 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A28) RRret_May2013_vad ("may2013_vad") A20, rerun on Jet Run in Dec 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A29) RRret_May2013_nodfi ("may2013_nodfi") A21 but with no DDFI; aborted due to problems with DFI in all my OSEs Run in Nov 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A30) RRret_May2013_goes ("may2013_goes") A21 but withholding obs types 151,245, and in satinfo all g?? types Run in Feb 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A31) RRret_May2013_aircrafttempRH ("may2013_aircrafttempRH") A21 but withholding types 130,131,133,134,135 for q and t Run in Mar 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A32) RRret_May2013_pseudoqobs ("may2013_pseudoqobs") A21 but with l_PBL_pseudo_SurfobsQ=.false. Run in Mar-Apr 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A33) RRret_May2013_aircraftABOVE350 ("may2013_aircraftABOVE350") A22 but withholding the obs only located higher in altitude than 350 hPa Run in Sep-Oct 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A34) RRret_May2013_aircraftBELOW350 ("may2013_aircraftBELOW350") A22 but withholding the obs only located lower in altitude than 350 hPa Run in Sep-Oct 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A35) RRret_May2013_goes ("may2013_goes") A30 but this time I also deleted "gos_ctp" and "larccld" from convinfo file Run in Oct 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A36) RRret_May2013_wrf36 ("may2013_wrf36") C5 but for the May 2013 retro period to serve as new baseline for redone surface OSE Run in Nov 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A37) RRret_May2013_wrf36_surface ("may2013_surface") A36 but withholding obs types 180,181,183,187,188,280,281,282,284,287,288 (looked much the same as the WRFv3.4.1 experiment) Run in Nov 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A38) RRret_May2013_surfacecloud ("may2013_surfacecloud") A21 but with no METAR clouds in the GSI cloud analysis (switched mta_cld ob types 181,183, and 187 to -1 in convinfo) Run in Dec 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A39) RRret_May2013_surfaceUSINGMTACLD ("may2013_surfaceUSINGMTACLD") A27 but using METAR clouds in GSI cloud analysis Run in Dec 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A40) RRret_may2013_OSEcontrol ("may2013_OSEcontrol") New OSE control run, identical to RRret_jul2014_OSEcontrol but for May 2013 period; all retros labeled "may2013_obstype" are the OSEs (special ones described below) USED FOR OSE PAPER CONTROL RUN (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in May-Jun 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A41) RRret_may2013_pseudomodcld ("may2013_pseudomodcld") A40, but with a reduced density of pseudo-obs for temperature and moisture (with pblH_ration=0.4 instead of 0.75, and pps_press_incr=40.0 instead of 20.0), and with METAR cloud building limited to below 1200 m USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Aug-Sep 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A42) RRret_may2013_clouddrift_land ("may2013_clouddrift_land") A40, but with AMVs (all types of AMVs) assimilated over land USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Aug-Sep 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A43) RRret_may2013_OSEsupercontrol ("may2013_OSEsupercontrol") A40, but with both the "pseudomodcld" and "clouddrift_land" DA changes Run in Aug 2016 ======================================================================================== B) 15 June - 23 June 2014: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B1) RRret_Jun2014_3hcyc ("jun2014_3hcyc") A1 but with 3-h cycling, for 15-23 Jun 2014 period Run in Jul 2014 ======================================================================================== C) 15 July - 15 August 2014: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C1) RRret_protoRAPv3_summer ("jul2014_wrf36") First WRFv3.6 test for the Jun-Jul 2014 retro period Run in Jan 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C2) RRret_protoRAPv3_summer_run2 ("jul2014_wrf36_v2") Control run (WRFv3.6) for the Jun-Jul 2014 retro period (including attempt to expand gross error check threshold for cold temperatures) Run in Jan-Mar 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C3) RRret_protoRAPv3_summer_gsitest ("jul2014_wrf36_newGSI") C2 but with top of trunk GSI (quick test) Run in Apr 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C4) RRret_protoRAPv3_summer_run3 ("jul2014_wrf36_v3") C2 but on the larger RAP domain Run in Apr 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C5) RRret_protoRAPv3_summer_run4 ("jul2014_wrf36_v4") C4 but with bug-fixed SST and snow update (without hard-wired smaller domain dimensions) Run in May 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C6) RRret_jul2014_OSEcontrol ("jul2014_OSEcontrol") New control run (similar to C5) for OSE tests; all retros labeled "jul2014_obstype" are the OSEs. OSEs needed to be rerun, holding aircraft and mesonet reject/use lists constant. Also this is RAPv3 instead of RAPv2. USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Jan-May 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C7) RRret_jul2014_aircraftRH ("jul2014_aircraftRH") C6 but withholding types 133,134,135 for q USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Mar-May 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C8) RRret_jul2014_pseudo ("jul2014_pseudo") C6 but with pseudo-obs turned off (l_PBL_pseudo_SurfobsT and l_PBL_pseudo_SurfobsQ= false) USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Apr-May 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C9) RRret_jul2014_pseudomod ("jul2014_pseudomod") C6 but with a reduced density of pseudo-obs for temperature and moisture (with pblH_ration=0.4 instead of 0.75, and pps_press_incr=40.0 instead of 20.0) USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Apr-May 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C10) RRret_jul2014_pseudomodcld ("jul2014_pseudomodcld") C6 but with a reduced density of pseudo-obs for temperature and moisture (with pblH_ration=0.4 instead of 0.75, and pps_press_incr=40.0 instead of 20.0), and with METAR cloud building limited to below 1200 m USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in May-Jun 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C11) RRret_jul2014_cld_bld_hgt ("jul2014_cld_bld_hgt") C6 but with METAR cloud building limited to below 1200 m USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in May-Jun 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C12) RRret_jul2014_clouddrift_oberror ("jul2014_clouddrift_oberror") C6 but with a reduced ob error specification for AMV ob types (maxing out at 0.4 m/s instead of 0.7 m/s) Run in Apr-May 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C13) RRret_jul2014_clouddrift_land ("jul2014_clouddrift_land") C6, but with AMVs (all types of AMVs) assimilated over land USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Jun 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C14) RRret_jul2014_metarcloud ("jul2014_metarcloud") C6, but with METAR clouds not used Run in May 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C15) RRret_jul2014_goesamv ("jul2014_goesamv") C6, but with no GOES AMVs assimilated Run in Apr 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C16) RRret_jul2014_goescloud ("jul2014_goescloud") C6, but with no GOES cloud assimilation Run in Apr 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C17) RRret_jul2014_surfacep ("jul2014_surfacep") C6, but with no surface pressure assimilation Run in Aug-Sep 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C18) RRret_jul2014_mesonet ("jul2014_mesonet") C6, but with no mesonet assimilation USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Apr 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C19) RRret_jul2014_OSEsupercontrol ("jul2014_OSEsupercontrol") C6, but with both the "pseudomodcld" and "clouddrift_land" DA changes Run in Aug 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C20) RRret_jul2014_numconc_cntrl ("jul2014_numconc_cntrl") New control run incorporating GSI modifications (on top of RAPv3) Run in Mar 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C21) RRret_jul2014_numconc ("jul2014_numconc") Test with using cloud water and cloud ice number concentration in the cloud anx, as well as reducing the mixing ratio introduced during cloud building for both cloud water and cloud ice. Very minimal impact seen in this summertime case. Run in Mar 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C22) RRret_jul2014_OSEsupercontrol_theia_qAbove300 ("jul2014_OSEsupercontrol_...") Super-control code run on Theia, and assimilating aircraft and raob moisture obs above 300 hPa. Obs types 120, 131, 133, and 134 now assimilated above 300 hPa. Minimal impact, but this change was committed to repository, and went into RAPX and HRRRX on 23 Mar 2018. Run in Dec-Jan 2017-18 ======================================================================================== D) 1-31 January 2015: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D1) RRret_Jan2015_52levs ("jan2015_wrf36_thin2"; C2 but with two additional sigma levels near the surface, for 3-5 Jan 2015 period Run in Feb 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D2) RRret_jan2015_eric ("jan2015_control") C5 but for the Jan 2015 retro period, with an initial land surface problem Run in Oct 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D3) RRret_jan2015_eric_bugfix ("jan2015_control_bugfix") D2 but this time using ensemble data, with an initial land surface problem Run in Nov 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D3) RRret_jan2015_nopartialcycle ("jan2015_nopartialcycle") D3 but with no partial cycling, with an initial land surface problem Run in Nov 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C4) RRret_jan2015_OSEcontrol ("jan2015_OSEcontrol") New control run (similar to Jaymes' protoRAPv3_newdom_run2) for OSE tests; all retros labeled "jan2015_obstype" are the OSEs. OSEs needed to be rerun, holding aircraft and mesonet reject/use lists constant. USED IN OSE PAPER (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) Run in Mar-Jul 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C5) RRret_jan2015_aircraftSUPER ("jan2015_aircraftSUPER") Test denying all aircraft data (same set of obs as jul2014_aircraft experiment), but using the "supercontrol" configuration (combining both the "pseudomodcld" and "clouddrift_land" DA changes. To demonstrate the DA changes don't change the result READY FOR DEFENCE OF OSE PAPER RESULTS (James and Benjamin 2017, MWR) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C6) RRret_jan2015_OSEsupercontrol_theia ("jan2015_OSEsupercontrol") As the supercontrol run on Jet, but on Theia. Used as a baseline for looking at impact of cloud analysis. Run in Jul 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C7) RRret_jan2015_OSEsupercontrol_theia_nocloudanx ("jan2015_OSEsupercontrol_nocloudanx" As C6, but with the cloud hydrometeor analysis update commented out in the GSD cloud analysis, as well as T and Q update. Precipitating hydrometeors are still updated. Run Mar 2018 ======================================================================================== E) 7-12 September 2013: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E1) RRret_sep2013_control ("sep2013_control") C5 but for September flood case Run in May 2015 ======================================================================================== F) 24-26 May and 3-5 Jun 2015: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F1) RRret_may2015_AMVcontrol ("amvs_2015") C5 but for the AMV data denial retro Run in Oct 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F2) RRret_may2013_AMVs_used ("amvs_2015_used") F1 but assimilating the new GOES SRSO AMV wind observations in GSI Run in Dec 2015 ======================================================================================== G) 15-25 June 2016: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G1) RRret_jun2016_control ("jun2016_control") Control run for TAMDAR assimilation test. Essentially RAPv3. TAMDAR pre-processing is used, but TAMDAR not assimilated in this run. Started in Jul 2016, extended in Mar 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G2) RRret_jun2016_tamdar ("jun2016_control") Same as G1, but assimilating TAMDAR obs. Started in Jul 2016, extended in Mar 2017 ======================================================================================== H) 12-13, 20-21 May, 21-22 Jun, 13-15 Aug 2014: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H1) RRret_rapv2_avmet ("rapv2") RAPv2 retro run for AvMet/FAA MPO study. Run in Dec 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H2) RRret_rapv3_avmet ("rapv3") RAPv3 retro run for AvMet/FAA MPO study. Run in Dec 2016 ======================================================================================== I) 31 May - 1 June 2015, 29-31 July 2015: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I1) RRret_rapv2p5_avmet ("rapv2.5") RAPv2.5 retro run for AvMet/FAA MPO study. Run in Jan 2017 ======================================================================================== J) 1-31 January 2017: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J1) RRret_protoRAPv4_jan2017_retro6 ("RAPv4_jan2017_retro6") Control RAPv4 retro in preparation for RAPv4 code handoff to NCEP Run in Aug-Sep 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J2) RRret_protoRAPv5_jan2017_retro12 ("RAPv5_jan2017_retro12") First attempt at a winter RAPv5 retro (based on Jaymes' retro12). Only run for a few days. Run in May-Jun 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J3) RRret_protoRAPv5_jan2017_retro21 ("RAPv5_jan2017_retro21") Retro with the latest WRFV3.9+ code and snow mosaic turned on, and updated 2m diagnostics Run in Jun-Jul 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J4) RRret_protoRAPv4_jan2017_newGSI ("RAPv4_jan2017_newGSI") J1 but with the synced and updated GSI code (to ensure minimal differences) Run in Apr-May 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J5) RRret_protoRAPv4_nohybrid ("RAPv4_jan2017_nohybrid") Test for Jeff Beck to quantify the impact of the hybrid vertical coordinate. This retro is configured identically to J1 except no hybrid vertical coordinate. Run in Dec 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J6) RRret_protoRAPv4_jan2017_numconc ("RAPv4_jan2017_numconc") J1, but with the old configuration of the cloud ice number concentration specification in the GSD cloud analysis (revision number c19b858a from 8 Feb 2017). Run in Jul 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J7) RRret_protoRAPv4_jan2017_numconc_x100 ("RAPv4_jan2017_numconc_x100") J6, but with the ice number concentration specification multiplied by 100 (revision number cadf8bba from 11 Feb 2017). Run in Jul 2018 ======================================================================================== K) 15 July - 25 August 2018: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K1) RRret_aug2018_smoke7 ("RAPsmoke_jul2018_retro7") Control RAP-smoke retro to provide initial and boundary conditions for HRRR-smoke. No problems as far as we know. Covers 5-25 Aug. Run in Mar 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K2) RRret_jul2018_DAretro0 ("RAPv5_jul2018_DAretro0") Control RAPv5 retro (with relatively recent physics) to provide initial and boundary conditions for HRRR DA tests. No problems except missing snow update (not thought to be important for this summer period). Covers 15-25 Jul. Run in Feb 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K3) RRret_jul2018_nocloudanx ("RAPv5_jul2018_nocloudanx") K2, but with the cloud analysis turned off. Cloud analysis code change is identical to earlier tests (i.e., C7). Run to make sure we still get the same signal. Run in Mar 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K4) RRret_jul2018_noclearingABOVE1200m ("RAPv5_jul2018_noclearingABOVE1200m") K2, but with no cloud clearing above 1200m. This is accomplished by setting all hydrometeor information to "missing" above 1200m. Run in May 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K5) RRret_jul2018_DAretro1 ("RAPv5_jul2018_DAretro1") K2, but with updated physics (pulled from repository on 23 May 2019). Also uses new soil information. Snow update still not working. Run in May 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K6) RRret_jul2018_DAretro2 ("RAPv5_jul2018_DAretro2") K5, but starting on 5 July instead of 15 July; it was determined we need 10 days spinup with the new soil state. Snow update is now fixed, so no known problems. Run in Jun 2019. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K7) RRret_aug2018_smoke8 (not in verification) K1, but with updated physics including smoke and emissions. No new data assim or cycling, although smoke is cycled. We simply launched each WRF run based on saved wrfinput files from K1. Run in May 2019. ERIC'S HRRR RETROS (Jet: /lfs3/projects/rtwbl/ejames/hrrrretro OR /lfs3/projects/wrfruc/ejames/hrrrretro) (Theia: /scratch4/BMC/wrfruc/ejames/hrrrretro OR /scratch3/BMC/zrtrr) ======================================================================================== a) 27-29 June 2012: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a1) ("hrrr_48h/*_gfs") Parent realtime RAP Integrated out to 48 h using 6-h old GFS for 6-hourly boundary conditions Run in Oct 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a2) ("hrrr_48h/*_rap") Parent realtime RAP Integrated out to 48 h using realtime RAP analyses for 6-hourly boundary conditions Run in Oct 2014 ======================================================================================== b) 15 May - 15 June 2013: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b1) HRRRret_May_2013 ("may2013") Parent A8 Run in Feb 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b2) HRRRret_May_2013_v2 ("may2013_v2") Parent A8 Using hybrid DA Run in Mar 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b3) HRRRret_May_2013_v3 ("may2013_v3") Parent A8 Using hybrid DA + full hydrometeor cloud building Run in Mar 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b4) HRRRret_May_2013_v4 ("may2013_v4") Parent A11 Using hybrid DA Run in Mar 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b5) ("hrrr_48h/*_gfs") a1 but for 18-20 May 2013 period Run in Oct 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b6) ("hrrr_48h/*_rap") a2 but for 18-20 May 2013 period Run in Oct 2014 ======================================================================================== c) 9-11 September 2013: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c1) ("hrrr_48h/*_gfs") a1 but for 9-11 Sep 2013 period Run in Oct 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c2) ("hrrr_48h/*_rap") a2 but for 9-11 Sep 2013 period Run in Oct 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c3) ("hrrr_48h/*_gfs_warmrain") c1 but with radar-specified latent heating twice as strong for each reflectivity value Run in Nov 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c4) HRRRret_sep2013_control ("sep2013_control") Parent E1 d10 but for September flood case, inadvertently using mesonet provider list but not mesonet uselist Run in May 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c5) ("oneoff/*_orig") Parent realtime RAP b4 but for 11-12 Sep 2013 period, run on Zeus and all output deleted Run in Jun 2014? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c6) ("oneoff/*_mesonet_old") Parent realtime RAP c5 but using moderately strict mesonet uselist from Dec 2014, run on Zeus and all output deleted Run in Jun 2014? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c7) ("oneoff/*_mesonet") Parent realtime RAP c5 but using more lax mesonet uselist from Sep 2013, run on Theia Run in Aug 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c8) ("oneoff/*") Identical to c7 Run in Aug 2015 ======================================================================================== d) 15 June - 15 July 2014: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d1) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer ("jul2014_wrf36") Parent C2 Run in Feb-Mar 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d2) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_reftest ("jul2014_wrf36/*_nolightprecip") d1 but with i_lightpcp=0 Run in Mar 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d3) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_reftest2 ("oneoff/*_realtimeGSI") d1 but with GSI r845 (realtime version) Run in Mar 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d4) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_reftest3 ("oneoff/*_58dBZmax") d3 but with max snow reflectivity increased from 28 to 58 dBZ Run in Mar 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d5) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_reftest4 ("oneoff/*_brightband") d1 but with bug fix to account for irreversibility in bright bands with 0-h radar reflectivity computation Run in Mar 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d6) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_reftest5 (no verification because unipost was crashing) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d7) ("oneoff/*_mesonet") c1 but including obs types 188 and 288 Run in Jan 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d8) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_v2 ("jul2014_wrf36_v2") d1, but with latest GSI and WRF executables to try to fix the reflectivity problems Run in Apr 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d9) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_v3 ("jul2014_wrf36_v3") d1, but with further updated WRF executable with -3 dB offset in radar reflectivity, and accidentally using the mp 8 (old Thompson scheme) Run in Apr 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d10) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_v4 ("jul2014_wrf36_v4") d9, but with mp 28 Run in May 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d11) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_v4b ("jul2014_wrf36_v4") d10, but run on Theia Run in Sep 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d12) HRRRret_protoHRRRv2_summer_v5 ("jul2014_wrf36_v5") d11, but with calibrate_reflectivity set to .false. Run in Oct 2015 ======================================================================================== e) 1-10 Jan 2015: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e1) HRRRret_jan2015_eric ("jan2015_control") d12, but for Jan 2015 retro period Run in Nov 2015 ======================================================================================== f) 12-20 Aug 2016: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f1) HRRRret_aug2016_smoke ("No_feedback") HRRRv2 retro with 6-hourly smoke cycling (VIIRS-initialized) Run in Jan 2017 f2) HRRRret_aug2016_feedback ("Feedback_on") f1, but with smoke feedback turned on Run in Jan 2017 ======================================================================================== g) 12-13, 20-21 May, 21-22 Jun, 14-15 Aug 2014, 31 May - 1 Jun 2015, 29-31 July 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- g1) HRRRret_avmet_hrrrv1 ("hrrrv1") Parent H1 HRRRv1 retro run for AvMet/FAA MPO study. Run in Dec 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- g2) HRRRret_avmet_hrrrv1p5 ("hrrrv1.5") Parent I1 HRRRv1.5 retro run for AvMet/FAA MPO study. Run in Dec 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- g3) HRRRret_avmet_hrrrv2 ("hrrrv2") Parent H2 HRRRv2 retro run for AvMet/FAA MPO study. Run in Jan 2017 ======================================================================================== h) 9 February 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- h1) hrrr_64_lev (no verification except visual comparison) Parent realtime RAP Test with 15 additional vertical levels for a shallow, weak lake-effect snow case; Minimal impact shown. Run in Feb 2017 ======================================================================================== i) 1-31 January 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i1) HRRRret_protoHRRRv3_jan2017_retro1 ("HRRRv3_jan2017_retro1") Parent J1 Control HRRRv3 retro for winter period Run in Aug-Oct 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i2) HRRRret_protoHRRRv3_jan2017_retro2 ("HRRRv3_jan2017_retro2") Parent J1 As i1, but with a small scripting change (from Jaymes) to cycle land surface at a different point in the workflow. Minimal impact seen. Run in Nov-Dec 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i3) HRRRret_protoHRRRv3_new_numconc ("HRRRv3_jan2017_numconc") Parent J1 As i1, but using the earlier specification of cloud ice number concentration within the GSD cloud analysis (revision number c19b858a from 8 Feb 2017) (to be used potentially for cloud analysis paper) Run in Jun 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i4) HRRRret_protoHRRRv3_new_numconc_x100 ("HRRRv3_jan2017_numconc_x100") Parent J1 As in i3, but with the cloud ice number concentration specification multiplied by 100 (revision number cadf8bba from 11 Feb 2017) Run in Jun 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- k1) HRRRret_jul2018_DAretro1 ("HRRRv4_jul2018_DAretro1") Parent K2 Control HRRRv4 retro (with relatively recent physics) to provide baseline for DA tests. RUN WITHOUT SATELLITE CLOUD OBS. Covers 15-25 Jul. Run in Feb-Mar 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- k2) HRRRret_jul2018_DAretro2 ("HRRRv4_jul2018_DAretro2") Parent K2 As in k1, but with DFI. Configuration of DFI is identical to earlier test for July 2014--heating is applied in pre-forecast hour, not in DFI. Filter is run back for 10 min, forward for 5 min. Rebalance option was incorrect. Run in Mar 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- k3) HRRRret_jul2018_DAretro2b ("HRRRv4_jul2018_DAretro2b") Parent K2 As in k2, but with DFI applied with correct rebalance settings. rebalance = 1 in 1h pre-forecast, rebalance = 0 in full forecast when DFI is applied. Run in Apr 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- k4) HRRRret_aug2018_smoke3 ("HRRRsmoke_jul2018_retro3") Parent K1 HRRR-smoke retro for 10-14 Aug 2018. Satellite cloud data were not linked correctly so no satellite cloud information was used in the cloud analysis. No feedback. Run in Feb 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- k5) HRRRret_aug2018_smoke4 ("HRRRsmoke_jul2018_retro4") Parent K1 As in k4, but with the satellite cloud bug fixed, and with an updated WRF executable from Ravan. Only the first 15-min radar observations are used during the pre-fcst until 00Z 11 Aug 2018 when the bug was fixed. Run in Mar-Apr 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- k6) HRRRret_aug2018_smoke5 ("HRRRsmoke_jul2018_retro5") Parent K1 Identical to k5, but with simple direct feedback switched on. Run in Mar-Apr 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- k7) HRRRret_aug2018_smoke6 ("HRRRsmoke_jul2018_retro6") Parent K1 Identical to k6, but with an updated WRF executable with stronger feedback and some physics updates. Run in Mar-Apr 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- k8) HRRRret_jul2018_DAretro1b ("HRRRv4_jul2018_DAretro1b") Parent K2 As in k1, but with satellite cloud obs used this time. To provide a clean control run for David's HRRRDAS-based retro. Run in May 2019