Journal of Geophysical Research Atmosphere Supporting information for
Simulation of a dust-and-rain event across the Red Sea using WRF-Chem
Sagar P. Parajuli1*, Georgiy L. Stenchikov1, Alexander Ukhov1, Hugh Morrison2, Illia Shevchenko1, and Suleiman Mostamandi1
1King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA
*Corresponding Author, E-mail: [email protected]
Contents
Figure S1. Temporal profile of simulated domain-average (d03) AOD at 550 nm as compared to MODIS and AERONET AOD.
Figure S2. Total column-average cloudwater+ice mixing ratio on four rainy days considered, averaged at 10-11:00 UTC to match the VIIRS overpass time.
Figure S3. Air temperature and dew point temperature at Abha station (18.23N, 42.65E) on the four rainy days considered.
Figure S4. (a) Simulated profile of ice mixing ratio in a longitudinal section passing through Abha (18.25N), averaged between 18.2 to 18.3 N on July 27 (b) same as (a) but the difference between simulations with and without dust (all_aer-no_dust).
Figure S5. Comparison of the vertical profile of water vapor mixing ratio in model simulations and radiosonde observations at Abha for four rainy days.
Figure S6. Elevation contour map at 500m.
Figure S7. Comparison of model-simulated 2-m air temperature with different settings (a,b corresponds to ‘coarse’ and c,d to ‘coarse_emiss_cs’ experiment) with MERRA-2 (e,f) and ERA5 (g,h) reanalysis, averaged during the study period (July 16-Aug 06, 2020). The left column corresponds to day (12:00 UTC) and the right column to night (00:00 UTC).
Figure S8. Results of sensitivity tests on rainfall simulations from the model experiments ‘fine’,
‘coarse’, ‘coarse_emiss’, ‘coarse_emiss_cs’, ‘coarse_emiss_cs_evap’, and IMERG data.
Figure S9. Rainwater mixing ratio and wind vectors for the experiments
‘coarse_emiss_cs_evap’; ‘coarse_emiss_cs’ and their difference averaged at 15:00 UTC during the study period (July 16-Aug 06, 2020) in a longitudinal section passing through Abha averaged between 18.2-18.3N.
Figure S10. WRF-Chem simulated AOD on two different days with (a) low and (b) high dust loading.
Introduction
This file contains supporting information for the manuscript titled “Simulation of a dust-and-rain event across the Red Sea using WRF-Chem”. It contains ten supporting figures.
Figure S1. Temporal profile of simulated domain-average (d03) AOD at 550 nm as compared to MODIS and AERONET AOD.
Figure S2. Total column-average cloudwater+ice mixing ratio on four rainy days considered, averaged at 10-11:00 UTC to match the VIIRS overpass time.
Figure S3. Air temperature and dew point temperature at Abha station (18.23N, 42.65E) on the four rainy days considered.
Figure S4. (a) Simulated profile of ice mixing ratio in a longitudinal section passing through Abha (18.25N), averaged between 18.2 to 18.3 N on July 27 (b) same as (a) but the difference between simulations with and without dust (all_aer-no_dust).
Figure S5. Comparison of the vertical profile of water vapor mixing ratio in model simulations and radiosonde observations at Abha for four rainy days.
Figure S6. Elevation contour map at 500m.
Figure S7. Comparison of model-simulated 2-m air temperature with different settings (a,b corresponds to ‘coarse’ and c,d to ‘coarse_emiss_cs’ experiment) with MERRA-2 (e,f) and ERA5 (g,h) reanalysis, averaged during the study period (July 16-Aug 06, 2020). The left column corresponds to day (12:00 UTC) and the right column to night (00:00 UTC).
Figure S8. Results of sensitivity tests on rainfall simulations from the model experiments ‘fine’,
‘coarse’, ‘coarse_emiss’, ‘coarse_emiss_cs’, ‘coarse_emiss_cs_evap’, and IMERG data.
Figure S9. Rainwater mixing ratio and wind vectors for the experiments
‘coarse_emiss_cs_evap’; ‘coarse_emiss_cs’ and their difference averaged at 15:00 UTC during the study period (July 16-Aug 06, 2020) in a longitudinal section passing through Abha averaged between 18.2-18.3N.
Figure S10. WRF-Chem simulated AOD on two different days with (a) low and (b) high dust loading.