Articles | Volume 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-14-195-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-14-195-2017
07 Jul 2017
 | 07 Jul 2017

The HIRLAM fast radiation scheme for mesoscale numerical weather prediction models

Laura Rontu, Emily Gleeson, Petri Räisänen, Kristian Pagh Nielsen, Hannu Savijärvi, and Bent Hansen Sass

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This paper provides an overview of the HLRADIA shortwave (SW) and longwave (LW) broadband radiation schemes used in the HIRLAM numerical weather prediction (NWP) model and available in the HARMONIE-AROME mesoscale NWP model. The advantage of broadband, over spectral, schemes is that they can be called more frequently within the NWP model, without compromising on computational efficiency. Fast physically based radiation parametrizations are also valuable for high-resolution ensemble forecasting.