Mellor-Yamada-Nakanishi-Niino planetary boundary layer scheme

Overview

A PBL scheme used in the WRF modeling system with MYNN2 and MYNN3 variants.

MYNN-specific Options (WRF Version 4.3.3)

optionvalueexplanation
bl_pbl_physics5MYNN2 scheme
6MYNN3 scheme
sf_clay_physics(1, 2), 5(Revised MO, MO (Janjic Eta)), MYNN surface layer
bl_mynn_tkeadvect1TKE advection to couple subgrid-scale clouds to radiation schemes
bl_mynn_cloudmix1mixing of qc and qi (NOTE:  qnc and qni are mixed when scalar_pblmix=1)
bl_mynn_mixlength0original, as in Nakanishi and Niino (2009)
1RAP/HRRR (including BouLac in free atmosphere)
2*cloud-specific and a scale-aware mixing length (Ito, 2015; well-tested with )
bl_mynn_cloudpdf0cloud PDFs to represent subgrid clouds, original (Sommeria, 1977)
1similar to option 0, but uses resolved scale gradients, as opposed to higher order moments
2*JAS, with mods (Chaboureau and Bechtold 2002)
bl_mynn_edmf0regular mass-flux scheme
1*StEM
2TEMF
bl_mynn_edmf_mom1momentum transport in mass-flux scheme (bl_mynn_edmf > 0_)
bl_mynn_edmf_tke1TKE transport in mass-flux scheme (bl_mynn_edmf > 0_)
spp1SPP for GF convection schemes, MYNN PBL, and RUC LSM
spp_pbl1Turns on perturbation of parameters of MYNN convection scheme
  • In parenthesis (): options for MYNN2 only, other values for both
    • default value

Specifications

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DOI

See also: WRF planetary boundary layer schemes, Yonsei University scheme, MOC Atmospheric Model Physics