NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF AIRFLOW OVER COMPEX TERRAIN BY USING THE MESO-SCALE MODEL WRF-ARW

The WRF model was developed as a collaborative project by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, the Air Force Weather Agency, the Naval Research Laboratory, the University of Oklahoma and the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States. It is a regional- to global-scale model intended for both research applications and operational weather-forecast systems. In the present study, the numerical simulation of airflow over complex terrain with a steep slope was performed by using the WRF-ARW model. The wind speed obtained by the WRF-ARW was in a good agreement with the observed data