Set-up/Scheme

Description

Grid

Staggered Arakawa C grid with 33 vertical levels and model top at 100 hPa [10] [31]

Vertical coordinate

Terrain-following vertical coordinate with flexible vertical grid spacing [29] [32]

Integration

Runge-Kutta 2nd order integration option [10] [12] [33]

Cumulus scheme

Kain-Fritsch [31] [33]

Microphysics

WRF single moment-6 class scheme. Recommended by [10] [34]

Longwave

Rapid radiative transfer scheme [32]

Shortwave

Dudhia shortwave radiation [35]

Land surface model

Noah Land-Surface Model [36]

Planetary boundary layer

Yonsei University planetary boundary layer scheme [10] [37]