Results from TexAQS-2000 Modeling Activities
and Related Meteorological Analysis

Quick-look model biases (preliminary)

• 12Z (minimum) temperature bias, southeast Texas
• 21Z (maximum) temperature bias, southeast Texas
• 12Z (minimum) temperature bias, northeast Texas
• 21Z (maximum) temperature bias, northeast Texas

November 2005 presentation

• 26Mb PDF file

Eight Hour Ozone Conceptual Model reports

• Part 1: Eastern Texas Background Ozone (1.8M PDF)
• Slides from Part 1 (4.9M PDF)
• Part 2: Houston Eight-Hour Ozone (1.8M PDF)
• Slides from Part 2 (1.9M PDF)

Ensemble Kalman Filter reports

• Final Report (33M PDF) or version updated with references (33M PDF)
• August 31 Report (24M PDF)
• Appendix A: Draft paper 1 (1.7M PDF)
• Appendix B: Draft paper 2 (1M PDF)
• July profiler nudging report (0.6M PDF)

Meteorological Data

• Surface maps, satellite images, weather maps, etc.

Hourly surface data, NARSTO format, August 15-31, 2000

Hourly surface data, NARSTO format, September 1-19, 2000

Other Reports

• An informal log describing MM5 model development from August 1, 2001 through February 16, 2002.

Initial Modeling of the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode (Dec. 19, 2001 interim report): (0.7M PDF file)

Evaluation and Comparison of Preliminary Meteorological Modeling for the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode (Feb. 5, 2002 interim report): (1.8M PDF) (2.6M Word) (13K summary and TOC)

Meteorogical Modeling for the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode: PBL Characteristics, Nudging Procedure, and Performance Evaluation (Feb. 28, 2002 report) (1.0M PDF) (2.5M Word) (13K summary and TOC)

Meteorological Modeling for the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode: METSTAT Statistical Evaluation and Model Runs from March-June 2002 (June 21, 2002 report) (0.2M PDF)

Trajectory Analysis of Meteorological Simulations of the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode (August 28, 2002 report) Report text (0.1M PDF) Figures (32.6M PDF)

Meteorological Modeling for the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode: Improved Data Assimilation and Statistical Evaluation (August 30, 2002 report) (8.7M Word) (0.4M PDF)

Application of Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) Data to MM5 Modeling of the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode (August 30, 2002 report) (0.1M Word) (0.0M PDF)

• Link to MTP data

Development of a Conceptual Model for Meteorology and Ozone Formation in the Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Area (August 30, 2002 report) (0.3M PDF)

Meteorological Modeling for the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode: Implementation and Initial Evaluation of GOES Skin Temperature Assimilation (June 3, 2003 report) (1.1M PDF)

Meteorological Modeling for the August 2000 Houston-Galveston Ozone Episode: Mixing Depths in the GOES Skin Temperature Assimilation (August 30, 2003 report) (0.02M PDF) Additional code needed to output vertical mixing coefficients from MRF PBL: README file

MM5 Model Output Surface Graphics

• Aug31 run: 42 levels, 2-way, 36 km eta nudging, dry soil
• Sep24redux run: 42 levels, 36 km eta nudging, dry soil
• Oct25/26 run: 42 levels, dry soil
• Oct31 run: 42 levels, 1 km, dry soil
• Dec6 run: dry soil
• Dec16 run: Gayno-Seaman PBL, very dry soil
• Dec30 run: very dry soil
• Feb9 run: very dry; Hong-Pan original f(Ri) and mixing length
• Feb11 run: very dry; Hong-Pan original mixing length
• Feb16 run: as with feb9 but with 54 levels
• Feb18 run: dry soil, 2-way nesting, no nudging on 12 km
• MCNC forecast mode runs
• Feb28 Driver run: Almost final run, with observation nudging, for photochemical modeling
• Mar5 Driver run: Final driver run with a few loose ends cleaned up; for use in photochemical modeling
• Apr22 run: Like driver run, but with modified profiler data assimilation
• May05 run: Like Apr22 run, but with Gayno-Seaman PBL
• Aug302 run: Like Apr22 run, but with corrected profiler data times
• Aug402 run: Like Aug302 run, but with lidar data assimilation on Aug. 25
• Kz2 run: Like Aug402, but with no grid nudging on 12 km domain and with output values of Kz and other variables at 10min resolution

MM5 Model Output Sounding/Profiler Data Comparisons

MM5/Sonde comparisons

• Wharton GPS sonde
• Houston Downtown sonde
• Houston SE (Lamarque) sonde

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