SOILHGT

[siyuzh]

Hello,

I am using WRF4.1 and ERA5. I was wondering how SOILHGT from the ungrib.exe is used in the metgrid.exe/real.exe. Does SOILHGT interact with HGT_M of geo_em files or HGT of wrfinput files?

Thanks,
Siyu

 

[kwerner]

Hi Siyu,
The HGT_M value from geogrid comes from the static topographic data. The met_em* files contain both that HGT_M value, which is identical to the value from geogrid, and SOILHGT, which is the terrain information coming from the input/first-guess data (e.g., GFS). During real.exe, both are used again. The HGT value in the wrfinput* files comes from the HGT_M value and should still be the same at that time (if using the default namelist setting surface_input_source=3). real.exe also checks for SOILHGT, which is used for smoothing the coarse grid topography on domain 1 during the wrf process.

 

[SHANRU]

How to make sure that the SOILHGT has the right value?

 

[kwerner]

How to make sure that the SOILHGT has the right value?

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