The GABLS4 Inter-comparison: Preliminary Results

Abstract:

The GABLS4 intercomparison, launched in summer 2014, aims to study the interaction between the boundary layer and the surface in strong stability and during the diurnal transition focussing on the decrease of the turbulence. For this, the observation site of Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau was chosen mainly for two reasons: the availability of the in-situ measurements from a 45-m tower and a homogeneous surface with a low conductivity such as snow on a flat topography. The intercomparison will consist of 3 inter-comparisons : Single Column Model (SCM), Large Eddy Simulation (LES) and land-snow model (LSM). It is organized in two steps. The first one is dedicated to the LSM and the SCM with an interactive surface (snow) scheme. Then, in the second one, the observed surface temperature will be prescribed in the SCM and in the LES models. The first GABLS4 workshop was organized in May 2015 in Toulouse (France). 12 groups with LSM/SCM and 7 for LES/DNS sent already the simulations. After a brief description of the setup, the main results for the SCM intercomparison with observations and some preliminary results from the LES will be presented. The setup and more details are available on the GABLS4 Web page (http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/aladin/meshtml/GABLS4/GABLS4.html).