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Reproducibility of Surface Wind and Tracer Transport Simulations over Complex Terrain Using 5-, 3-, and 1-km-Grid Models
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Journal Article
Reproducibility of Surface Wind and Tracer Transport Simulations over Complex Terrain Using 5-, 3-, and 1-km-Grid Models
2020
Overview
The reproducibility of surface wind and tracer transport simulations from high-resolution weather and transport models was studied over complex terrain in wintertime in Japan. The horizontal grid spacing was varied (5-, 3-, and 1-km grids), and radioactive cesium (Cs-137) from the Fukushima nuclear power plant was used as a tracer. Fukushima has complex terrain, such as mountains and valleys. The model results were validated by observations collected from the national networks of the automated meteorological data acquisition system and the hourly air pollution sampling system. The reproducibility depended on the model resolution, topographic complexity, and synoptic weather conditions. Higher model resolution led to higher reproducibility of surface winds, especially in mountainous areas when the Siberian winter monsoon was disturbed. In contrast, the model improvement was negligible or nonexistent over plain/coastal areas when the synoptic field was steady. The statistical scores of the tracer transport simulations often deteriorated as a result of small errors in the plume locations. However, the higher-resolution models advantageously performed better transport simulations in the mountainous areas because of the lower numerical diffusion and higher reproducibility of the mass flux. The reproducibility of the tracer distribution in the valley of the Fukushima mountainous region was dramatically improved with increasing model resolution. In the range of mesoscale model resolutions (commonly 1–10 km), it was concluded that a higher-resolution model is definitely recommended for tracer transport simulations over mountainous terrain.
