Implementation and Evaluation of Dynamic Subfilter-Scale Stress Models for Large-Eddy Simulation Using WRF*

AbstractThe performance of a range of simple to moderately-complex subfilter-scale (SFS) stress models implemented in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is evaluated in large-eddy simulations of neutral atmospheric boundary layer flow over both a flat terrain and a two-dimensional symmetrical transverse ridge. Two recently developed dynamic SFS stress models, the Lagrangian-averaged scale-dependent (LASD) dynamic model and the dynamic reconstruction model (DRM), are compared with the WRF model’s existing constant-coefficient linear eddy-viscosity and (as of version 3.2) nonlinear SFS stress models to evaluate the benefits of more sophisticated and accurate, but also more computationally expensive approaches.Simulation results using the different SFS stress models are compared among each other, as well as against the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory. For the flat terrain case, vertical profiles of mean wind speed from the newly implemented dynamic models show the best agreement with the simila...

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