A Meteorological Distribution System for High-Resolution Terrestrial Modeling (MicroMet)

Abstract An intermediate-complexity, quasi–physically based, meteorological model (MicroMet) has been developed to produce high-resolution (e.g., 30-m to 1-km horizontal grid increment) atmospheric forcings required to run spatially distributed terrestrial models over a wide variety of landscapes. The following eight variables, required to run most terrestrial models, are distributed: air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, incoming solar radiation, incoming longwave radiation, surface pressure, and precipitation. To produce these distributions, MicroMet assumes that at least one value of each of the following meteorological variables are available for each time step, somewhere within,…

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  National Science Foundation

  Award: 0229973
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  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Award: NNG04GP59G
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  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Award: NA17RJ1228