Does the Australian ACCESS model have a wave layer?
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I can't find ACCESS model in wave layer. Does anyone know if ACCESS models sea wave? Can't imagine how it can get any accuracy modelling convection without taking into account sea spray induced evaporation.
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There is wave model from BoM (called AUSWAVE, see product catalogue of BoM).
We choose not to incorporate it at the moment of ACCESS adoption since we were unsure about the actual demand for it. -
@Filip_K Thanks for the link. So Australia's BoM does model sea waves. I raised that doubt b/c ACCESS on those two days poorly forecast low clouds over the part of South China Sea within 300km east of the Malay Peninsula during the time of high winds of the northeastern monsoon over vast area of the sea as compared with satellite Visible channel (ECMWF, otoh, got it right). ACCESS had been far more reliable than ECMWF in predicting lower to middle mid altitude relative humidity over the SCS, Karimata Strait, and Strait of Malacca but those days didn't see high sea waves.
