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The impact of a low pressure system on ash dispersal routes from EyjafjallajÖkull : 15 th -17 th May 2010. SOEE 3570 Practical Weather Forecasting: Presentation Friday 3 rd December 2010. By Sophie Yeomans and Emily Banham. What we did:.
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The impact of a low pressure system on ash dispersal routes from EyjafjallajÖkull: 15th-17th May 2010 SOEE 3570 Practical Weather Forecasting: Presentation Friday 3rd December 2010 By Sophie Yeomans and Emily Banham
What we did: • Edited the namelist file to the correct time and location: Where: (Iceland/Scotland/Norway) • 1 domain… • Co-ordinates: Latitude 50°; Longitude -6° • Domain size: 100 x 100 cells When: • 0000UTC 15 May 10 to 0000UTC 18 May 10 • Time step: 06 hours What: • Wind direction • Trajectories – 2, 3 and 5km
How we did it: WPS: edited namelist ran geogrid removed unwanted log files ran ungrib ran metgrid PRE-PROCESSING COMPLETE WRF: ran real.exe code ran wrf.exe code RIP4: made directory moved in data file from WRF plotted output graphical outpu
Results • Wind vectors – initially approaches Scotland around low pressure system, and Norway does not seem affected until 1800UTC 16 May 10.