Quantifying microburst wind and turbulence enhancement in canyons

This data set contains model output from NCARS's Weather and Research Forecasting(WRF) model run in large-eddy simulation (LES) mode (WRF v3.6). A series of idealized simulations were conducted with the center of microburst downdrafts were placed 1.3 and 3.3 km upwind of a series of canyon types differing in length and slope angle. These canyon simulations are compared to microburst outflow boundary characteristics in flat terrain deriving topographic multiplier and differences in horizontal winds (wsp), upward vertical velocity (w), and turbulence kinetic energy (TKE). This data set is associated with a journal publication by Luchetti et al. submitted to Monthly Weather Review in September 2021. The WRF model code (https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MK6B4K, Skamarock et al., 2008) is publicly available at http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/ (last access: 11 June 2020). Model output data for hours 6-7 h and analysis code including namelist.input, input soundings, and auxiliary terrain netcdf files needed to run the simulations and create the figures are located at https://github.com/nluchett/wrf_canyon_experiment.