Assignment #2

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Select two SCM cases designed to simulate ocean (land) environmental conditions.
Select two physics suites that are relevant for the representation of precipitation in the selecsted environment.
Conduct simulations for each possible combination of cases and suites (4 experiments). Th elength of the experiment should not exceed 4 days.
Compare the time series of precipitation (mm/day) for all experiments.
For a period with active/suppressed precipitation compare the vertical profiles of each tendency term of specific humidity (q, units: g kg^-1/day) and temperature (units: K/day) for all experiments.
Discuss similarities and differences you observee when analyzing your simulations.

The physics suites and primary schemes supported in CCPP v6.0.0 are listed in the table below adapted from DTC.

Physics Suites	GFS_v16	GFS_v17_p8	RAP	HRRR	RRFS_v1beta	WoFS_V0
Deep Cu	GFS Scale-Aware Simplified Arakawa Schubert (sa-SAS) Deep Convection Scheme	GFS Scale-Aware Simplified Arakawa-Schubert (sa-SAS) Deep Convection Scheme + Cellular Automata Stochastic Convective Organization Scheme	Grell-Freitas Scale and Aerosol Aware Convection Scheme	off	off	off
Shallow Cu	GFS SAS-based Mass-Flux Scheme for Shallow convection (sa-MF)	GFS SAS-based Mass-Flux Scheme for Shallow convection (sa-MF)	Grell-Freitas Scale and Aerosol Aware Convection Scheme	MYNN-EDMF Boundary Layer and Shallow Cloud Scheme	MYNN-EDMF Boundary Layer and Shallow Cloud Scheme	MYNN-EDMF Boundary Layer and Shallow Cloud Scheme
Microphysics	GFDL Cloud Microphysics Scheme	Thompson Aerosol-Aware Cloud Microphysics Scheme w/o aerosol-aware	Thompson Aerosol-Aware Cloud Microphysics Scheme	Thompson Aerosol-Aware Cloud Microphysics Scheme	Thompson Aerosol-Aware Cloud Microphysics Scheme	NSSL 2-moment Cloud Microphysics Scheme
PBL/TURB	GFS Scale-aware TKE-based Moist Eddy-Diffusion Mass-Flux (EDMF) PBL and Free Atmospheric Turbulence Scheme	GFS Scale-aware TKE-based Moist Eddy-Diffusion Mass-Flux (EDMF) PBL and Free Atmospheric Turbulence Scheme	MYNN-EDMF Boundary Layer and Shallow Cloud Scheme	MYNN-EDMF Boundary Layer and Shallow Cloud Scheme	MYNN-EDMF Boundary Layer and Shallow Cloud Scheme	MYNN-EDMF Boundary Layer and Shallow Cloud Scheme
Radiation	GFS RRTMG Shortwave/Longwave Radiation Scheme	GFS RRTMG Shortwave/Longwave Radiation Scheme	GFS RRTMG Shortwave/Longwave Radiation Scheme	GFS RRTMG Shortwave/Longwave Radiation Scheme	GFS RRTMG Shortwave/Longwave Radiation Scheme	GFS RRTMG Shortwave/Longwave Radiation Scheme
Surface Layer	GFS Surface Layer Scheme	GFS Surface Layer Scheme	MYNN Surface Layer Scheme	MYNN Surface Layer Scheme	MYNN Surface Layer Scheme	MYNN Surface Layer Scheme
LSM	GFS Noah Land Surface Model	GFS NoahMP Land Surface Model	RUC Land Surface Model	RUC Land Surface Model	GFS NoahMP Land Surface Model	GFS Noah Land Surface Model
Gravity Wave Drag	Unified Gravity Wave Physics Scheme - Version 0	GFS Unified UGWP Scheme	GSL Drag Suite Scheme	GSL Drag Suite Scheme	Unified Gravity Wave Physics Scheme - Version 0	Unified Gravity Wave Physics Scheme - Version 0
Sea Ice	GFS Sea Ice Scheme	GFS Sea Ice Scheme	RUC Land Surface Model	RUC Land Surface Model	GFS Sea Ice Scheme	GFS Sea Ice Scheme