The Top (4K)

Visualization of a large eddy simulation of a supercell thunderstorm, focusing on the overshooting top and anvil.
Hardware: Frontera
Software: CM1
Simulation domain size: 240x240x30 km
Grid spacing: 30 m
Rendering: VAPOR
Sounding: Markowski (2020)
Forcing: Naylor and Gilmore (2012)
Funding: NSF
References:
Stanzione, D., J. West, R. T. Evans, T. Minyard, O. Ghattas, and D. K. Panda, 2020: Frontera: The Evolution of Leadership Computing at the National Science Foundation. Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing, PEARC ’20, New York, NY, USA, Association for Computing Machinery, 106-111 DOI: 10.1145/3311790.3396656
George Bryan's open source cloud model is available at: www2.mmm.ucar....
Li, S., S. Jaroszynski, S. Pearse, L. Orf, and J. Clyne, 2019: VAPOR: A Visualization Package Tailored to Analyze Simulation Data in Earth System Science. Atmosphere, 10, 488. DOI:10.3390/atmos10090488
Markowski, P. M., 2020: What is the Intrinsic Predictability of Tornadic Supercell Thunderstorms? Mon. Weather Rev., 148, 3157-3180. DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-20-0076.1. Sounding used as the base state is the "quasi-steady" sounding shown in their Fig. 1
Naylor, J., and M. S. Gilmore, 2012: Convective Initiation in an Idealized Cloud Model Using an Updraft Nudging Technique. Mon. Weather Rev., 140, 3699-3705. DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00163.1
This work was funded by National Science Foundation grants 1663954, 1832327, and 2114757
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