16 Nov 2020
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HARMONIE-AROME single-column tools and experiments
Met Éireann, Glasnevin Hill, Dublin 9, D09 Y921, Ireland
Stephen Outten
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, Thormøhlens gate 47, 5006, Bergen, Norway
Bjørg Jenny Kokkvoll Engdahl
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 43, Blindern 0313, Oslo, Norway
Eoin Whelan
Met Éireann, Glasnevin Hill, Dublin 9, D09 Y921, Ireland
Ulf Andrae
Swedish Meteorological Hydrological Institute, 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
Laura Rontu
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Short summary
The single-column version of the shared ALADIN-HIRLAM numerical weather prediction system, called MUSC, was developed by Météo-France in the 2000s and has a growing user-base. Tools to derive the required input, to run experiments and to handle outputs have been developed within the HARMONIE-AROME configuration of the ALADIN-HIRLAM system. We also illustrate the usefulness of MUSC for testing and developing physical parametrizations related to cloud microphysics and radiative transfer.
The single-column version of the shared ALADIN-HIRLAM numerical weather prediction system,...
