| Issue |
MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 150, 2018
Malaysia Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET 2017)
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| Article Number | 03007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Civil Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201815003007 | |
| Published online | 23 February 2018 | |
Evaluation of Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Microphysics single moment class-3 and class-6 in Precipitation Forecast
1
Faculty of Civil Engineering & Earth Resources, University Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Malaysia
2
Centre for Earth Resources Research & Management (CERRM), University Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Malaysia.
* Corresponding author: mariazaidi26@gmail.com
In this study, the performance of two different Microphysics Scheme options in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model were evaluated for the estimating the precipitation forecast. The schemes WRF single moment class-3 (WSM-3) and single moment class-6 (WSM-6) were employed to produce the minimum, medium and maximum precipitation for the selected events over the Kuantan River Basin (KRB). The obtained simulated results were compared with the observed data from eight different rainfall gauging stations. The results comparison indicate that WRF model provides better forecasting at some rainfall stations for minimum and medium rainfall events but did not produce good result during maximum rainfall overall. The WSM-6 scheme is found to produce better result compared to WSM-3. The study also found that to acquire accurate precipitation results, it is also required to test some other physics scheme parameterization to enhance the model performance.
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