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Table 2 Settings of the WRF simulations

From: Variations in extreme wave events near a South Pacific Island under global warming: case study of Tropical Cyclone Tomas

Item

Setting

Version

3.5.1

Horizontal spatial resolution

30 km and 6 km

Cloud microphysics

WRF single-moment 6-class scheme (Hong and Lim 2006)

Cumulus parameterization

Kain-Fritsch scheme (Kain 2004)

Surface layer physics

Revised MM5 surface layer scheme based on the Monin-Obukhov theory with the Carlson-Boland viscous sublayer scheme (Jiménez et al. 2012)

Land surface scheme

Noah land surface model (Chen and Dudhia 2001)

Planetary boundary layer scheme

Bougeault-Lacarrère scheme (Bougeault and Lacarrèr 1989)

Longwave and shortwave radiation

Rapid radiative transfer model (Iacono et al. 2008)