Experiment

PBL

Surface Layer

Cumulus

Knievel Diffusion

Rayleigh Relaxation

INI

YSU [30]

MM5 similarity

Kain-Fritsh [31]

No

No

CUM1

YSU

MM5 similarity

Multi-scale KF [32]

No

No

CUM2

YSU

MM5 similarity

Grell 3D [33]

No

No

CUM3

YSU

MM5 similarity

New SAS [34]

No

No

CUM4

YSU

MM5 similarity

Tiedtke [35]

No

No

CUM5

MYJ [36] ^a

Eta similarity^a

Zhang-McFarlane [37]

No

No

CUM6

YSU

MM5 similarity

Tiedtke with CUM option disabled in d03

No

No

CUM7

MYJ^a

Eta similarity^a

Zhang-McFarlane with CUM option disabled in d03

No

No

PBL1

MYJ^a

Eta similarity^a

Best cumulus configuration selected

No

No

PBL2

QNSE [38]

QNSE

Best cumulus configuration selected

No

No

PBL3

ACM2 [39]

MM5 similarity

Best cumulus configuration selected

No

No

PBL4

MYNN3 [40]

MYNN

Best cumulus configuration selected

No

No

PBL5

UW [41]

MM5 similarity

Best cumulus configuration selected

No

No

PBL6

GBM [42]

MM5 similarity

Best cumulus configuration selected

No

No

PBL7

Shing-Hong [43]

MM5 similarity

Best cumulus configuration selected

No

No

DIN1

Best PBL configuration selected

Surface Layer selected associated to the best PBL configuration

Best cumulus configuration selected

Yes

No

DIN2

Best PBL configuration selected

Surface Layer selected associated to the best PBL configuration

Best cumulus configuration selected

No

Yes

Best Configuration

Best PBL configuration selected

Surface Layer selected associated to the best PBL configuration

Best cumulus configuration selected

Default diffusion option or Knievel option

Rayleigh relaxation term or not Rayleigh