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Boundary-layer scheme selection outweighs microphysics in WRF simulations of the August 2018 Kerala extreme rainfall event

  • Satyam Kumar
  • Akshay Sunil
  • Rashad PE
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Abstract

Because precipitation is regulated by intricate interactions between topography, cloud microphysics,cumulus convection, radiation, and boundary-layer processes, it is still difficult to accurately simulate orographically enhanced monsoon rainfall over the Western Ghats.

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@misc{kumar2026boundarylayer,
  title = {{Boundary-layer scheme selection outweighs microphysics in WRF simulations of the August 2018 Kerala extreme rainfall event}},
  author = {Satyam Kumar and Akshay Sunil and Rashad PE},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.09709},
  eprint = {2609.09709},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.09709},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Boundary-layer scheme selection outweighs microphysics in WRF simulations of the August 2018 Kerala extreme rainfall event
AU  - Satyam Kumar
AU  - Akshay Sunil
AU  - Rashad PE
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/09
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.09709
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.09709
AB  - Because precipitation is regulated by intricate interactions between topography, cloud microphysics,cumulus convection, radiation, and boundary-layer processes, it is still difficult to accurately simulate orographically enhanced monsoon rainfall over the Western Ghats.
ER  -