Simulation of wind speed during blowing snow using the WRF-ARW model / Kurbatovа M.M., Bychkova V.I. // Hydrometeorological Research and Forecasting, 2020, no. 1 (375), pp. 130-141.

The paper proposes a parametrization of the surface layer with the included numerical description of processes of the occurrence and evolution of blowing snow. If there are favorable conditions for the development of snowstorm activity, snow from the surface is lifted to the surface layer, which leads to the inclusion of feedbacks to the surface layer regime. Two series of experiments with the WRF-ARW model are carried out to assess the performance of the proposed parameterization. The first series of experiments "blizzard" implies the use of the surface layer parameterization with the inclusion of snow drifting processes into it. The second series of experiments "polar" uses the standard parametrization of the surface layer. In most cases, the use of the surface layer parameterization with the included description of blowing snow improves the wind speed forecast.

Keywords: blowing snow, two-phase flow, atmospheric surface layer, physical modeling

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37162/2618-9631-2020-1-130-141

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