Comparison of Thunderstorm Simulations from WRF-NMM and WRF-ARW Models over East Indian Region

Table 1

ARW and NMM model configuration.

Model	WRF-NMM	WRF-ARW
Dynamics	Nonhydrostatic	Nonhydrostatic
Horizontal resolution	3 km	3 km
Forecast length	24 hrs	24 hrs
Map projection	Rotated latitude and longitude	Mercator
Horizontal grid system	Arakawa E-grid	Arakawa C-grid
Vertical coordinate	Hybrid sigma to pressure vertical coordinate (38levels)	Terrain following sigma vertical coordinate (38 levels)
Radiation	GFDL/GFDL	GFDL/GFDL
Surface layer	Janjic scheme	Janjic scheme
Land surface	Noah land surface scheme	Noah land surface model
Cumulus	Grell-Devenyi	Grell-Devenyi
PBL parameterization	Mellor-Yamada-Janjic	Mellor-Yamada-Janjic
Microphysics	Ferrier (new eta) scheme	Ferrier (new eta) scheme