WRF 2008, 2014 and 2015 Climatological SST Tests

The Setup

Rerun select cases with SSTs replaced by 1-degree climatological values (monthly mean data linearly interpolated to the chosen forecast initialization date). NOTE: unlike our real-time runs, we had to turn off the FDDA nudging to GFS fields on the outer domain.

Table 1. Standard Plots
Initialization	Domain	Product	Hour	Cases (control click to select multiple)
Choose a date 0Z June 15, 2008 nearshore SST minimum 0Z June 22, 2010 broaderr SST minimum 0Z January 16, 2014 0Z February 7, 2015 0Z March 15, 2015 nearshore SST maximum on March 8, 2015 0Z April 25, 2015 12Z July 7, 2015 offshore SST maximum on July 2, 2015 00Z July 8, 2015 offshore SST maximum on July 2, 2015

Paper Figure Raw Files (before being trimmed)

Loop paper figs 10 and 12 sstdiff raw plots 36-km domain SST differences
Loop paper figs 11 tsfciff raw plots 12-km domain 0Z and 12Z averages for final 72-hours of simulation
Loop paper figs 13 700tdiff raw plots 12-km doman 0Z and 12Z averages for final 72-hours of simulation
Loop paper fig 16 slpdiff raw plots 36-km domain at 180 hours
Loop paper fig 16 500hdiff raw plots 36-km domain at 180 hours

Reverse runs, use warm SSTs with cold synoptics (2008061500 case)
and cold SSTs with warm synoptics (2015070712 case)
Loop of reverse case like paper figs 11 tsfciff raw plots 12-km domain 0Z and 12Z averages for final 72-hours of simulation
Loop of reverse case like paper figs 13 700tdiff raw plots 12-km doman 0Z and 12Z averages for final 72-hours of simulation
Plots comparing wrfrv - climosst15, wrfrv - climosst, and wrfrv - wrfrt runs to confirm that cases are done correctly.
Plots comparing wrfrt - climosst15 and wrfrt - climosst to show how interpreting monthly means as being from the 15th day of the month instead of as the first day of the month changes things.

Paper Figures

Figure 10 original
Figure 10 new using 2015070800 and climosst15
36-km domain warm anomaly SST differences
Figure 11 original using monthly SSTs as 1st of month
Figure 11c15 new using monthly SSTs as 15th of month
12-km domain warm anomaly surface and 700 hPa temperature differences, averages from final 72-hours of run, 4-panel
Figure 11r2 original using monthly SSTs as 1st of month
Figure 11c15r new using monthly SSTs as 15th of month
12-km domain REVERSE cold anomaly 2015070800 using 2008061500 SSTs and difference from July 8 climatology surface and 700 hPa temperature differences, averages from final 72-hours of run, 4-panel
Figure 11r 12-km domain REVERSE cold anomaly 2015070715 using 2008061500 SSTs and difference from July 7 climatology surface and 700 hPa temperature differences, averages from final 72-hours of run, 4-panel
Figure 12 original
Figure 12 new using climosst15
36-km domain cold anomaly SST differences
Figure 13 original using monthly SSTs as 1st of month
Figure 13c15 new using monthly SSTs as 15th of month
12-km domain cold anomaly surface and 700 hPa temperature differences, averages from final 72-hours of run, 4-panel
Figure 13r original using monthly SSTs as 1st of month
Figure 13c15r new using monthly SSTs as 15th of month
12-km domain REVERSE warm anomaly 2008061500 using 2015070800 SSTs and difference from June 15 climatology surface and 700 hPa temperature differences, averages from final 72-hours of run, 4-panel
Figure 18
Figure 18 version 2 reoriented original
Figure 18 new using climosst15
36-km domain SLP and 500 hPa height differences for both anomaly cases

paper revision 3 figures
figure 11, Composites of Warmest SST anomalies, centered 7-day averages
figure 12, Composites of Coldest SST anomalies, centered 7-day averages
figure 13, 36-km SST anomalies original contour interval
figure 13, 36-km SST anomalies smaller contour interval
figure 13, 36-km SST anomalies with 2010 June 22 case
figure 13, 36-km SST anomalies with 2010 June 22 case and smaller contour interval
Figure 19: surface and 700 hPa temperature anomalies at 0Z on 12-km domain for REVERSE cases
Figure 20: SLP and 500 hPa height anomalies at 0Z on 36-km domain for REVERSE cases
Figure A1: synoptic evolution of 8 July 2015 Warm SST case with title and without title
Figure A2: synoptic evolution of 15 June 2008 Cold SST case with title and without title

paper revision 3 figures 11 and 12 possibilities

Figure 11 Warm Anomaly Composites Loop

Figure 12 Cold Anomaly Composites Loop

Loop just the 7-day average plots for both figures
and same as above but contour -30 to 30 for GHT fields
and compare versions

Loop just the 30-day average plots for both figures

Compare 7-day and 30-day composites

Loop 1 day differences for both figures

Loop 2 nearly final figures

WRF 2008, 2014 and 2015 Climatological SST Tests

The Setup

Table 1. Standard Plots

Paper Figure Raw Files (before being trimmed)

Reverse runs, use warm SSTs with cold synoptics (2008061500 case) and cold SSTs with warm synoptics (2015070712 case)

Paper Figures

paper revision 3 figures

paper revision 3 figures 11 and 12 possibilities

figure 18 comparison loops and alternate figures

Reverse runs, use warm SSTs with cold synoptics (2008061500 case)
and cold SSTs with warm synoptics (2015070712 case)