Advances in Geosciences www.adv-geosci.net 1680-7340 1680-7359 16 Observation, Prediction and Verification of Precipitation (EGU Session 2007) 2008 10.5194/adgeo-16-109-2008 http://www.adv-geosci.net/16/109/2008/ http://www.adv-geosci.net/16/109/2008/adgeo-16-109-2008.html http://www.adv-geosci.net/16/109/2008/adgeo-16-109-2008.pdf 109 116 2008-04-09 Intercomparison of simulations using 5 WRF microphysical schemes with dual-Polarization data for a German squall line W. A. Gallus Jr. wgallus@iastate.edu M. Pfeifer Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany Simulations of a squall line system which occurred on 12 August 2004 near Munich, Germany are performed using a fine grid version of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with five different microphysical schemes. Synthetic dual polarization observations are created from the model output and compared with detailed observations gathered by the DLR polarimetric radar POLDIRAD located near Munich. Synthetic polarimetric radar scans are derived from the model forecasts employing the polarimetric radar forward operator SynPolRad. Evaluations of the microphysical parameterization schemes are carried out comparing Plan Position Indicator (PPI) and Range Height Indicator (RHI) scans of reflectivity and the spatial distribution of hydrometeor types. The hydrometeor types are derived applying a hydrometeor classification scheme to the observed and simulated polarimetric radar quantities. Furthermore, the Ebert-McBride contiguous rain area method of verification is tested in a variety of ways on the reflectivity output from the simulations. It is found that all five schemes overestimate reflectivity in the domain, particularly in the stratiform region of the convective system. 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