Ideal case WRF-LES with complex terrain

[hopitigala]

Is it possible to run an ideal case with complex terrain using WRF-LES?

 

[kwerner]

Hi,
Apologies for the delay. We are still trying to get caught up after the holidays.

Are you looking to add actual terrain details (as would be in a real-data case) to the grid? How much detail are you interested in? Can you elaborate a bit on your goal and why you'd rather use an ideal case than a real-data case for this set-up? Thanks!

 

[hopitigala]

Hi, Thanks for your reply.

I initially ran a convective boundary layer case similar to the example case given with the installation package. I assume that is for the flat terrain. Now I want to run a pure convective boundary layer case with rough terrain. The idea is the one-to-one comparison of the pure convective boundary layer for a flat terrain and complex terrain. In this case, the complex terrain can be as simple as possible such as a terrain with rectangular ridges. Please let me know if is possible to run a case like this with ideal boundary conditions.

Again thank you very much for your reply.

 

[kwerner]

It would probably be easier to run a real-data case with the terrain included, and then run another real-data case where you've removed the terrain from the input files (prior to running real.exe).