Simulation of Surface Ozone Pollution in the Central Gulf Coast Region Using WRF/Chem Model: Sensitivity to PBL and Land Surface Physics

Table 1

Details of the grids and physics options used in the WRF/Chem model.

Dynamics	Primitive equation, nonhydrostatic
Vertical resolution	31 levels
Domains	Domain 1	Domain 2	Domain 3
Horizontal resolution	36 km	12 km	4 km
Grid points	54 × 40	109 × 76	187 × 118
Domains of integration	98.00°W–72.77°W	94.86°W –79.56°W	92.5°W–84.60°W
	22.93°N–39.47°N	26.49°N –36.33°N	28.39°N–33.66°N
Radiation	Goddard scheme for short wave
	RRTM scheme for long wave
Sea surface temperature	NCEP FNL analysis data
Cumulus convection	New Grell scheme on the outer grids domain 1 and domain 2
Explicit moisture	Lin scheme
Sensitivity Experiments	PBL/Land Surface Scheme
YSUSOIL	Yonsei University PBL, 5-layer soil diffusion model
YSUNOAH	Yonsei University PBL, NOAH LSM
YSURUC	Yonsei University PBL, RUC LSM
MYJSOIL	Mellor-Yamada-Janjic PBL, 5-layer soil diffusion model
MYJNOAH	Mellor-Yamada-Janjic PBL, NOAH LSM
MYJRUC	Mellor-Yamada-Janjic PBL, RUC LSM
ACMSOIL	Asymmetric Convective Model, 5-layer soil diffusion model
ACMNOAH	Asymmetric Convective Model, NOAH LSM
ACMRUC	Asymmetric Convective Model, RUC LSM
ACMPX	Asymmetric Convective Model, Pleim-Xue LSM