Missing QNWFA_QNIFA_Monthly_ERA file for Thompson aerosol-aware microphysics (mp_physics=28)

[rahanozturk2]

Hello,

I am running WRF v4.4.1 with the Thompson aerosol-aware microphysics scheme (mp_physics=28) and would like to use the climatological aerosol input option (use_aero_icbc = .true.) with ERA5 data.

According to the documentation at:

Running WRF with Thompson Aerosol-aware Microphysics — WRF Model documentation

the file QNWFA_QNIFA_Monthly_ERA should be available for download.
However, the link on that page is broken (returns "Not Found"), and I have not been able to locate an alternative download source.

Could you please confirm whether this dataset is still available or provide a new link?
If it has been deprecated, is there a recommended replacement or method to generate equivalent climatology data?

My setup:
– WRF v4.4.1
– WPS v4.4.1
– ERA5 input
– mp_physics = 28
– use_aero_icbc = .false. works fine
– wif_input_opt = 1, num_wif_levels = 30

Thank you for your help.

 

[Ming Chen]

I apologize for the inconvenience casued by the broken link. This is possibly because we are re-organizing WRF website and somehow the link is broken. The data should be available for downloading.