Table 1.

Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Correlation Coefficient (R) Between WRF Simulations and Temperature Observations (IGRA Radiosondes, Surface Measurements From NOAA) at Utqiaġvik, Alaska

Driving model	Surface	Boudary layer	RIGRA	RMSEIGRA(K)	Rsurface	RMSEsurface(K)
ERA‐Interim	CLM	YSU	0.44	2.21	0.94	4.34
ERA‐Interim	CLM	MYNN2	0.48	2.59	0.94	4.37
ERA‐Interim	Noah‐MP	YSU	0.47	2.27	0.94	4.00
ERA‐Interim	Noah‐MP	MYJ	0.49	2.55	0.94	4.23
ERA‐Interim	Noah‐MP	MYNN2	0.48	2.55	0.94	4.09
ERA‐Interim	Noah LSM	YSU	0.49	2.57	0.94	3.94
ERA‐Interim	Noah LSM	MYJ	0.49	2.16	0.95	3.84
ERA‐Interim	Noah LSM	MYNN2	0.46	2.60	0.95	3.92
FNL	CLM	YSU	0.46	2.23	0.93	4.13
FNL	CLM	MYNN2	0.45	2.60	0.93	4.20
FNL	Noah LSM	YSU	0.47	2.23	0.94	3.77
FNL	Noah LSM	MYJ	0.51	2.58	0.94	3.76
FNL	Noah LSM	MYNN2	0.53	2.53	0.94	3.79

Note. Selected model setup for this study is shown in bold.