Numerical Simulation of Extreme Temperature (Heat Wave) in Bangladesh Using WRF-ARW Model
Md. Abdul Aziz *
Department of Applied Mathematics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
M. A. Samad
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
M. R. Hasan
Department of Applied Mathematics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
M. N. U. Bhuiyan
Department of Applied Mathematics, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.
M. A. K. Mallik
Bangladesh Meteorological Department, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Every year Bangladesh experiences different types of natural hazards and heat wave is one of them. In the present study, an advanced high-resolution Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF-ARW) numerical mesoscale model is used to simulate a severe heat wave event occurred during April over Bangladesh and eastern part of India. The model is integrated for 6 days starting from UTC of 19 April to UTC of 24 April 2016, on a single domain of 10 km horizontal resolution. For validation of the model performance, the model simulated results of temperature at 2 m height, relative humidity (RH), mean sea level pressure (MSLP) at UTC of 6 days are compared with the BMD observed data. And the results indicate that the model is able to simulate the occurrence of the heat wave event with 6 days over Bangladesh.
Keywords: Extreme temperature, heat wave, relative humidity, MSLP, mesoscale models.