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Address critical knowledge gaps and numerical model deficiencies to improve the accuracy of weather prediction across complex mountainous terrain.

May 1, 2015Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyOpen Access

The MATERHORN: Unraveling the Intricacies of Mountain Weather

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HFHarindra J. S. FernandoUniversity of Notre Dame EPEric R. PardyjakUniversity of Utah SSSilvana Di SabatinoUniversity of Bologna

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Observational and modeling program reveals complex atmospheric dynamics across mountain terrain, highlighting key pathways to improve mesoscale weather forecasting.

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Address critical knowledge gaps and numerical model deficiencies to improve the accuracy of weather prediction across complex mountainous terrain.
Organized a multinational, multi-institutional initiative spanning four core thrusts: modeling, experimental field campaigns, technology development, and parameterization.
Collected multiscale data using airborne and surface measurement platforms at the Granite Mountain Atmospheric Sciences Testbed across spatial scales from millimeters to tens of kilometers.
Demonstrated that terrain-induced orographic forcing triggers transient submesoscale atmospheric phenomena that drive larger mesoscale weather variability.
Identified systematic discrepancies between mesoscale model ensemble predictions and experimental observations, establishing priorities for improved physical parameterizations.

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Fernando et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1ddb2b871ff5209bef75f6 https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-13-00131.1

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Observational and modeling program reveals complex atmospheric dynamics across mountain terrain, highlighting key pathways to improve mesoscale weather forecasting.

The MATERHORN: Unraveling the Intricacies of Mountain Weather

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The MATERHORN: Unraveling the Intricacies of Mountain Weather

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