Topographic Shading in the WRF Model with the Immersed Boundary Method: Implementation, Validation, and Application to Complex Terrain

Robert S Arthur1, Katherine A Lundquist2, Jeffery D Mirocha2 and Fotini K Chow3, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, United States