Processes important for forecasting of clouds over snow

• Main Author: Hagman, Martin
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU) 2020
• Subjects: Boundary-layer meteorology; WRF; Initialization; Stratocumulus clouds; Parameterization; Stable boundary layer; Single Column Model; Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning; Sodankylä; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-179982

The Swedish Armed Forces setup of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) has problems to forecast low clouds in stably stratified conditions when the ground is covered by snow. The aim of this thesis is to understand what causes this deficit. Simulations during January and February 2018 ar...