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  • NOAA ESRL Planetary Boundary Layer Program
Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Group
  • Clouds, Radiation and Surface Processes Branch
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  • PBL Models
  • Model Evaluation
PBL Team Leads
  • Dr. C. Fairall
  • Dr. B. Stankov
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PBL Team Projects
  • NEHRTP
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PBL Models Including Turbulence Parameterizations

    LES (emphasis on aerosol-cloud microphysics) PBL modules in MM5/WRF, RAMS
    • WinterTime modeling over artic ice pack
    • Development of pramatrization for models on fine scales
    • Assessment using the NOAA Weather-Chemistry Forecasting Model
    PBL cloud radiation/dynamics

Model Evaluation

Process studies and model assessment WRF development/assessment
  • WinterTime modeling over artic ice pack
  • Development of a new Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) Scheme in WRF
  • Development of pramatrization for models on fine scales
  • Assessment using the NOAA Weather-Chemistry Forecasting Model
  • Evaluation of the NCEP ETA and MRF radiative transfer parameterizations.
Coupled air-wave-ocean
  • Parameterizations of fluxes under high wind conditions
  • Impact on hurricane intensification
Satellite, in situ, and remote sensing assimilation
Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Group
  • Clouds, Radiation and Surface Processes Branch
Topics
  • Measurement Systems
  • Remote Sensing Retrievals
  • Surface Layer Parameterizations
  • PBL Models
  • Model Evaluation
PBL Team Leads
  • Dr. C. Fairall
  • Dr. B. Stankov
  • Dr. R. Banta
  • Dr. J. Hare
  • Dr. J. Wilczak
  • Dr. W. Angevine
  • Team Members
PBL Team Projects
  • NEHRTP
  • Lamar Wind Study
  • SEARCH
  • High Resolution Ocean Observations
  • EPIC
  • GasEX
  • SHEBA
  • PACS
PBL Testbed
Impacts
  • Air Quality
  • Operational Climate Observations
Publications
  • Key Papers
  • Master List
Instruments
  • Land Based
  • Ship Board
  • Airborne

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