Modifications to WRF’s dynamical core to improve the treatment of moisture for large-­eddy simulations

Heng Xiao1, Satoshi Endo2, May Wong3, William C Skamarock4, Joseph Klemp5, Jerome D Fast6, William I Gustafson Jr1, Andrew M Vogelmann7, Hailong Wang1, Yangang Liu2 and Wuyin Lin2, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (4)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (7)Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, United States