A Three-dimensional PBL Parameterization for High-resolution Mesoscale Simulation over Heterogeneous and Complex Terrain

Branko Kosovic1, Pedro Jiménez2, Sue Ellen Haupt2, Joseph Olson3, Jian-Wen Bao4, Evelyn D. Grell5 and Jaymes Kenyon6, (1)Johns Hopkins University, Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, (4)NOAA/PSL, Boulder, United States, (5)University of Colorado/CIRES and NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (6)NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States