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Summary ?Simultaneous flight measurements with the research aircraft Do 128 and the helicopter-borne turbulence probe Helipod were
performed on 18 June 1998 during the LITFASS-98 field experiment. The area-averaged turbulent vertical fluxes of momentum,
sensible, and latent heat were determined on a 15 km × 15 km and a 10 km × 10 km flight pattern, respectively. The flights
were carried out over heterogeneous terrain at different altitudes within a moderately convective boundary layer with Cumulus
clouds.
Co-spectra-analysis demonstrated that the small scale turbulent transport was completely sampled, while the comparatively
small flight patterns were possibly of critical size regarding the large-scale turbulence. The phygoide of the airplane was
identified as a significant peak in some co-spectra. The turbulent fluxes of momentum and sensible heat at 80 m above the
ground showed systematic dependence on the location of the flight legs above the heterogeneous terrain. This was not observed
for the latent heat flux, probably due to the vertical distribution of humidity in the boundary layer.
Statistical error analysis of the fluxes F showed that the systematic statistical error ΔF was one order of magnitude smaller than the standard deviation σ
F
. The difference between area-averaged fluxes derived from simultaneous Helipod and Do 128 measurements was much smaller than
σ
F
, indicating that the systematic statistical error was possibly over-estimated by the usual method.
In the upper half of the boundary layer the airborne-measured sensible heat flux agreed well with windprofiler/RASS data.
A linear fit was the best approximation for the height dependence of all three fluxes. The linear extrapolations of the latent
and sensible heat fluxes to the ground were in good agreement with tower, scintillometer, and averaged ground-station measurements
on various surface types. Systematic discrepancies between airborne and ground-based measurements were not found.
Received June 18, 2001; revised December 21, 2001; accepted June 3, 2002 相似文献
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Mean Profiles of Moisture Fluxes in Snow-Filled Boundary Layers 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Profiles of moisture fluxes have been examined for convective boundary layers containing clouds and snow, using data derived from aircraft measurements taken on four dates during the 1983/1984 University of Chicago lake-effect snow project. Flux profiles were derived from vertical stacks of aircraft cross-wind flight legs taken at various heights over Lake Michigan near the downwind shore. It was found that, if ice processes are taken into account, profiles of potential temperature and water content were very similar to those presented in past studies of convective boundary layers strongly heated from below. Profiles of total water content and equivalent potential temperature adjusted for ice were nearly invariant with height, except very near the top of the boundary layer, suggesting that internal boundary-layer mixing processes were rapid relative to the rates at which heat and vapour were transported into the boundary layer through entrainment and surface fluxes. Ice was found to play a significant, measurable role in boundary-layer moisture fluxes. It was estimated that 40 to 57% of the upward vapour flux was returned to the surface in the form of snow, converting about 45 to 64% of the surface latent heat flux into sensible heat in the snow-producing process. Assuming advective fluxes are relatively small (thought to be appropriate after the first few tens of km over the lake as suggested by past studies), the boundary layer was found to warm at a rate faster than could be explained by surface heat fluxes and latent heat releases alone, the remainder of the heating presumably coming from radiational processes and entrainment. Discussions of moisture phase change processes throughout the boundary layer and estimates of errors of these flux measurements are presented. 相似文献
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M.P. Rao S. Casadio G. Fiocco M. Cacciani A. Di Sarra D. Fuá P. Castracane 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2002,102(1):39-62
The vertical wind profiles determined by Doppler sodar and the water vapourmixing ratio profiles obtained by Raman lidar are used to estimate the atmosphericwater vapour flux profiles in the nocturnal urban boundary layer under unstableconditions. The experiment was conducted for several nights in the central areaof Rome under a variety of moisture conditions and different urban boundary-layerflow regimes. Despite some scatter in the profiles, the latent heat flux is found tobe positive throughout the depth of the nocturnal urban boundary-layer. Thelayer-averaged flux shows a variation between -4 to +40 W m-2, whileindividual values of flux in excess of +150 W m-2 pertain to a case offree convection during cold air advection caused by the sea breeze. The qualityof flux estimates is found to be highly limited by the low sampling rates employedin the experiment resulting in errors to the order of 60%. Therefore, the results mustbe viewed as estimates rather than precise measurements. The skewness profiles ofthe turbulent fluctuations of vertical velocity and water vapour mixing ratio are alsopositive. 相似文献
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We describe the results of an experiment focusing on wind speed and momentum fluxes in the atmospheric boundary layer up to
200 m. The measurements were conducted in 1996 at the Cabauw site in the Netherlands. Momentum fluxes are measured using the
K-Gill Propeller Vane. Estimates of the roughness length are derived using various techniques from the wind speed and flux
measurements, and the observed differences are explained by considering the source area of the meteorological parameters.
A clear rough-to-smooth transition is found in the wind speed profiles at Cabauw. The internal boundary layer reaches the
lowest k-vane (20 m) only in the south-west direction where the obstacle-free fetch is about 2 km. The internal boundary layer
is also reflected in the roughness lengths derived from the wind speed profiles. The lower part of the profile (< 40 m) is
not in equilibrium and no reliable roughness analysis can be given. The upper part of the profile can be linked to a large-scale
roughness length. Roughness lengths derived from the horizontal wind speed variance and gustiness have large footprints and
therefore represent a large-scale average roughness. The drag coefficient is more locally determined but still represents
a large-scale roughness length when it is measured above the local internal boundary layer. The roughness length at inhomogeneous
sites can therefore be determined best from drag coefficient measurements just above the local internal boundary layers directly,
or indirectly from horizontal wind speed variance or gustiness. In addition, the momentum and heat fluxes along the tower
are analysed and these show significant variation with height related to stability and possibly surface heterogeneity. It
appears that the dimensionless wind speed gradients scale well with local fluxes for the variety of conditions considered,
including the unstable cases. 相似文献
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Results on the structure of the convective atmospheric boundary layer based on the analyses of data from the instrumented NSSL-KTVY tower, airborne Doppler lidar, and ground-based Doppler radars are presented. The vertically averaged wind over the boundary layer was found to be insensitive to baroclinicity, supporting the hypothesis of Arya and Wyngaard (1975). The computed momentum flux profiles were affected by baroclinicity. Horizontal wind spectra from lidar, radar, and tower data compared well with each other both in shape and magnitude. A consistent peak found near 4 km in all the computed spectra might have been caused by horizontally symmetric cells with horizontal wavelength 4 times the boundary-layer height as shown in Kuettner (1971) for the case of weak wind shear. 相似文献
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Volker Wulfmeyer Sandip Pal David D. Turner Erin Wagner 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2010,136(2):253-284
High-resolution water vapour measurements made by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Raman lidar operated at the
Southern Great Plains Climate Research Facility site near Lamont, Oklahoma, U.S.A. are presented. Using a 2-h measurement
period for the convective boundary layer (CBL) on 13 September 2005, with temporal and spatial resolutions of 10 s and 75 m,
respectively, spectral and autocovariance analyses of water vapour mixing ratio time series are performed. It is demonstrated
that the major part of the inertial subrange was detected and that the integral scale was significantly larger than the time
resolution. Consequently, the major part of the turbulent fluctuations was resolved. Different methods to retrieve noise error
profiles yield consistent results and compare well with noise profiles estimated using Poisson statistics of the Raman lidar
signals. Integral scale, mixing-ratio variance, skewness, and kurtosis profiles were determined including error bars with
respect to statistical and sampling errors. The integral scale ranges between 70 and 130 s at the top of the CBL. Within the
CBL, up to the third order, noise errors are significantly smaller than sampling errors and the absolute values of turbulent
variables, respectively. The mixing-ratio variance profile rises monotonically from ≈0.07 to ≈3.7 g2 kg−2 in the entrainment zone. The skewness is nearly zero up to 0.6 z/z
i
, becomes −1 around 0.7–0.8 z/z
i
, crosses zero at about 0.95 z/z
i
, and reaches about 1.7 at 1.1 z/z
i
(here, z is the height and z
i
is the CBL depth). The noise errors are too large to derive fourth-order moments with sufficient accuracy. Consequently,
to the best of our knowledge, the ARM Raman lidar is the first water vapour Raman lidar with demonstrated capability to retrieve
profiles of turbulent variables up to the third order during daytime throughout the atmospheric CBL. 相似文献
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Spectral Structure of Small-Scale Turbulent and Mesoscale Fluxes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over a Thermally Inhomogeneous Land Surface 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Spectral analysis was performed on aircraft observations of a convective boundary layer (CBL) that developed over a thermally
inhomogeneous, well-marked mesoscale land surface. The observations, part of the GAME-Siberia experiment, were recorded between
April and June 2000 over the Lena River near Yakutsk City. A special integral parameter termed the ‘reduced depth of the CBL’
was used to scale the height of the mixed layer with variable depth. Analysis of wavelet cospectra and spectra facilitated
the separation of fluxes and other variables into small-scale turbulent fluctuations (with scales less than the reduced depth
of the CBL, approximately 2 km) and mesoscale fluctuations (up to 20 km). This separation approach allows for independent
exploration of the scales. Analyses showed that vertical distributions obeyed different laws for small-scale fluxes and mesoscale
fluxes (of sensible heat, water vapour, momentum and carbon dioxide) and for other variables (wind speed and air temperature
fluctuations, coherence and degree of anisotropy). Vertical profiles of small-scale turbulent fluxes showed a strong decay
that differed from generally accepted similarity models for the CBL. Vertical profiles of mesoscale fluxes and other variables
clearly showed sharp inflections at the same relative (with respect to the reduced depth of the CBL) height of approximately
0.55 in the CBL. Conventional similarity models for sensible heat fluxes describe both small-scale turbulent and mesoscale
flows. The present results suggest that mesoscale motions that reach up to the relative level of 0.55 could be initiated by
thermal surface heterogeneity. Entrainment between the upper part of the CBL and the free atmosphere may cause mesoscale motions
in that region of the CBL. 相似文献
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Large-eddy simulations (LES) are performed to investigate the entrainment andthe structure of the inversion layer of the convective boundary layer (CBL) withvarying wind shears. Three CBLs are generated with the constant surface kinematicheat flux of 0.05 K m s-1 and varying geostrophic wind speeds from 5 to 15m s-1. Heat flux profiles show that the maximum entrainment heat flux as afraction of the surface heat flux increases from 0.13 to 0.30 in magnitude withincreasing wind shear. The thickness of the entrainment layer, relative to the depthof the well-mixed layer, increases substantially from 0.36 to 0.73 with increasingwind shear. The identification of vortices and extensive flow visualizations nearthe entrainment layer show that concentrated vortices perpendicular to the meanboundary-layer wind direction are identified in the capping inversion layer for thecase of strong wind shear. These vortices are found to develop along the mean winddirections over strong updrafts, which are generated by convective rolls and to appearas large-scale wavy motions similar to billows generated by the Kelvin–Helmholtzinstability. Quadrant analysis of the heat flux shows that in the case of strong windshear, large fluctuations of temperature and vertical velocity generated by largeamplitude wavy motions result in greater heat flux at each quadrant than that inthe weak wind shear case. 相似文献
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BOUNDARY LAYER GROWTH AND LAPSE RATE CHANGES DETERMINED BY LIDAR AND SURFACE HEAT FLUX IN SOFIA*
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In this study the results from a boundary layer experiment,conducted in autumn 1991 over a flat,build-up urban area in Southeast Sofia,together with some models for mixed layer growth rates are used to investigate the layered structure of the vertical atmospheric stability distribution in the Sofia Valley.Lidar measurements of aerosol layer heights and morning boundary layer development are combined with surface eddy correlation measurements of kinematic heat and moisture fluxes,profiles of temperature and humidity,wind speed and wind direction.A diagnostic method is presented for determining vertical lapse rates using surface meteorological measurements and lidar returns observed during the transition from nighttime stable stratification to daytime convective boundary layer after the sunrise. 相似文献
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BOUNDARY LAYER GROWTH AND LAPSE RATE CHANGES DETERMINED BY LIDAR AND SURFACE HEAT FLUX IN SOFIA
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In this study the results from a boundary layer experiment,conducted in autumn 1991 over a flat,build-up urbanarea in Southeast Sofia,together with some models for mixed layer growth rates are used to investigate the layered struc-ture of the vertical atmospheric stability distribution in the Sofia Valley.Lidar measurements of aerosol layer heightsand morning boundary layer development are combined with surface eddy correlation measurements of kinematic heatand moisture fluxes,profiles of temperature and humidity,wind speed and wind direction.A diagnostic method is pres-ented for determining vertical lapse rates using surface meteorological measurements and lidar returns observed duringthe transition from nighttime stable stratification to daytime convective boundary layer after the sunrise. 相似文献
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Summary An aircraft-based experimental investigation of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) structure and of the energy exchange
processes over heterogeneous land surfaces is presented. The measurements are used for the validation of the mesoscale atmospheric
model “Lokal-Modell” (LM) of the German Weather Service with 2.8 km resolution. In addition, high-resolution simulations using
the non-hydrostatic model FOOT3DK with 250 m resolution are performed in order to resolve detailed surface heterogeneities.
Two special observation periods in May 1999 show comparable convective boundary layer (CBL) conditions. For one case study
vertical profiles and area averages of meteorological quantities and energy fluxes are investigated in detail. The measured
net radiation is highly dependent on surface albedo, and the latent heat flux exhibits a strong temporal variability in the
investigation area. A reduction of this variability is possible by aggregation of multiple flight patterns. To calculate surface
fluxes from aircraft measurements at low altitude, turbulent energy fluxes were extrapolated to the ground by the budget method,
which turned out to be well applicable for the sensible heat flux, but not for the latent flux. The development of the ABL
is well captured by the LM simulation. The comparison of spatiotemporal averages shows an underestimation of the observed
net radiation, which is mainly caused by thin low-level clouds in the LM compared to observed scattered CBL clouds. The sensible
heat flux is reproduced very well, while the latent flux is highly overestimated especially above forests. The realistic representation
of surface heterogeneities in the investigation area in the FOOT3DK simulations leads to improvements for the energy fluxes,
but an overestimation of the latent heat flux still persists. A study of upscaling effects yields more structures than the
LM fields when averaged to the same scale, which are partly caused by the non-linear effects of parameter aggregation on the
LM scale. 相似文献
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Inverse methods are widely used in various fields of atmospheric science. However, such methods are not commonly used within the boundary-layer community, where robust observations of surface fluxes are a particular concern. We present a new technique for deriving surface sensible heat fluxes from boundary-layer turbulence observations using an inverse method. Doppler lidar observations of vertical velocity variance are combined with two well-known mixed-layer scaling forward models for a convective boundary layer (CBL). The inverse method is validated using large-eddy simulations of a CBL with increasing wind speed. The majority of the estimated heat fluxes agree within error with the proscribed heat flux, across all wind speeds tested. The method is then applied to Doppler lidar data from the Chilbolton Observatory, UK. Heat fluxes are compared with those from a mast-mounted sonic anemometer. Errors in estimated heat fluxes are on average 18 %, an improvement on previous techniques. However, a significant negative bias is observed (on average $-63\,\%$ ) that is more pronounced in the morning. Results are improved for the fully-developed CBL later in the day, which suggests that the bias is largely related to the choice of forward model, which is kept deliberately simple for this study. Overall, the inverse method provided reasonable flux estimates for the simple case of a CBL. Results shown here demonstrate that this method has promise in utilizing ground-based remote sensing to derive surface fluxes. Extension of the method is relatively straight-forward, and could include more complex forward models, or other measurements. 相似文献
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多普勒激光雷达在大气、环境以及风能等领域得到越来越广泛的应用,但对于复杂天气下多普勒激光雷达的适用性仍然有待深入研究。为此本研究采用2020年8—10月期间位于福建三沙的地基多普勒激光雷达与边界层高塔所搭载的超声风温仪观测的风场数据进行对比,发现多普勒激光雷达在水平风速、风向方面具有稳定的高精度探测性能,与超声风温仪之间相关系数达到了0.948和0.984。相比之下,激光雷达垂直风速的探测误差较大,与超声风温仪之间相关系数仅有0.353。研究发现,降雨强度与激光雷达垂直风速误差呈正相关关系,强降雨下垂直风速偏差最大可达到9 m/s。 相似文献
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Nikolay Kolev Ivan Grigorov Ivan Kolev P. C. S. Devara P. Ernest. Raj K. K. Dani 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2007,124(1):99-115
We present measurements of the vertical aerosol structure and the aerosol optical depth in the lower troposphere performed
above the city of Sofia (an urban area situated in a mountain valley), western Bulgaria by means of a ground-based aerosol
lidar operating continuously for a number of years. The lidar measurements were accompanied by measurements of the aerosol
optical depth (AOD) in the visible and near infrared regions of the spectrum performed in October 2004 using Microtops II
radiometers. The maximum values of the AOD were found to occur 1–2 h before the complete development of the atmospheric boundary
layer, i.e. during the residual layer destruction, which confirms our hypothesis concerning the slope circulation effect on
the processes taking place in the atmospheric boundary layer. The AOD values obtained by the lidar are lower than those taken
by the sun photometer. Further, the AOD exhibits two different types of behaviour. In the case of a ‘clear atmosphere’ (i.e.
in the absence of volcanic eruptions and/or dust transport from the Sahara) most of the aerosol accumulated within the atmospheric
boundary layer over the urban area considered. The combined use of the two instruments allows the comparison between the optical
characteristics of the atmospheric aerosol (e.g. aerosol extinction coefficient, etc.) obtained by the lidar and through an
independent method (sun photometer). 相似文献
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N. L. Dias J. E. Gonçalves L. S. Freire T. Hasegawa A. L. Malheiros 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2012,145(1):93-111
We present a simple but effective small unmanned aerial vehicle design that is able to make high-resolution temperature and humidity measurements of the atmospheric boundary layer. The air model used is an adapted commercial design, and is able to carry all the instrumentation (barometer, temperature and humidity sensor, and datalogger) required for such measurements. It is fitted with an autopilot that controls the plane’s ascent and descent in a spiral to 1800 m above ground. We describe the results obtained on three different days when the plane, called Aerolemma-3, flew continuously throughout the day. Surface measurements of the sensible virtual heat flux made simultaneously allowed the calculation of all standard convective turbulence scales for the boundary layer, as well as a rigorous test of existing models for the entrainment flux at the top of the boundary layer, and for its growth. A novel approach to calculate the entrainment flux from the top-down, bottom-up model of Wynagaard and Brost is used. We also calculated temperature fluctuations by means of a spectral high-pass filter, and calculated their spectra. Although the time series are small, tapering proved ineffective in this case. The spectra from the untapered series displayed a consistent −5/3 behaviour, and from them it was possible to calculate a dimensionless dissipation function, which exhibited the expected similarity behaviour against boundary-layer bulk stability. The simplicity, ease of use and economy of such small aircraft make us optimistic about their usefulness in boundary-layer research. 相似文献
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étude expérimentale de la couche limite au-dessus d'un relief modéré proche d'une chaîne de montagne
A. Druilhet J. Noilhan B. Benech G. Dubosclard D. Guedalia J. Frangi 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1983,25(1):3-16
For the heterogeneous site described in the first part, some aspects of the turbulent structure of the planetary boundary layer are studied. Using mixed-layer scaling, the normalized profiles are compared with those obtained over flat terrain during convective conditions. The measurements were made with the same instrumented aircraft at both sites. The dissipative and spectral length scales are smaller over complex terrain within the whole boundary layer. This is due to the shifting of the wavelength peak toward the high frequencies by dynamic turbulence.This last effect can also explain the increase of the dissipation rate over the heterogeneous site during strong wind conditions. The vertical profiles of sensible heat flux and temperature-water vapor correlation show a lack of entrainment process at the top of the boundary layer. This fact suggests that the investigated boundary layer is advected from the neighbouring plain over the complex site (plateau de Lannemezan). 相似文献
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Summary ?Progress in technology as well as signal processing has promoted Wind Profiler Radar (WPR) or sodar with RASS additions to become standard tools in profiling of the atmospheric boundary layer. Apart from
these instruments’ basic abilities in profiling mean winds and temperature, this paper will give an emphasis on the profiling
of ABL height as well as the turbulent fluxes of sensible heat and momentum both, with respect to methods as well as with
respect to realization. The special focus will thereby be laid on the demands for vertical profiling, which were defined within
the LITFASS-project of the German Meteorological Service. In the frame of this project, some special measuring campaigns have
been performed where remote-sensing systems were used to assess their abilities in profiling ABL parameters. On the base of
some case studies from these campaigns comparisons are shown, where results from sodar/RASS and WPR/RASS measurements are
compared to measurements from airborne sensor systems and results from numerical models. Regarding turbulent heat fluxes,
we found excellent agreement for remotely-sensed flux profiles from WPR/RASS with both, numerical models and airborne in-situ
measurements. However, as the inherent errors of the remotely-sensed fluxes are in the order of ± 20 ⋯ 30 W/m2 typically, current signal processing does not allow to interpret small-scale vertical structures in the profiles with respect
to surface inhomogeneities yet.
Received June 16, 2001; revised February 20, 2002; accepted May 30, 2002 相似文献
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A Study of the Internal Boundary Layer due to a Roughness Change in Neutral Conditions Observed During the LINEX Field Campaigns 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Summary As an aspect of the LINEX field studies (1996–1997; Lindenberg near Beeskow, Germany), the characteristics of the internal
boundary layer (IBL) that is associated with a step change of the surface roughnesses in neutral constant stress layers was
investigated and is reported in this paper. Both smooth to rough (in 1996) and rough to smooth (in 1997) types of flow, have
been studied based upon the profiles of mean wind and temperature realised from a 10-m mast and eddy correlation measurements
taken at two levels (2 m and 5 m). Depending upon wind direction, the fetch at the site varied between 140 m and 315 m within
the wind sector (200° to 340°) used for the field investigations. The height of the IBL, δ, had been determined from the intersect
of the logarithmic wind-profiles below (< 2 m) and above (> 6 ) the interface. Values of δ obtained at the experimental site
compared fairly well to the existing theoretical/empirical fetch-height relationships of the form: δ=aċx
b
, where a, b, are empirical constants. The ratio for the friction velocities below and above the IBL as measured directly by the eddy
correlation techniques showed that for fetches less than 250 m there was an increase (decrease) of about 20% of the momentum
flux arising from the smooth to rough (rough to smooth) transitions. Influences of distant obstructions (e.g., bushes, pockets
of trees) on the surface flow were markedly important on the examined wind profiles and such can be indicative as multiple
IBLs.
Received September 1, 1997 Revised August 5, 1998 相似文献
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Impact of a sea breeze on the boundary-layer dynamics and the atmospheric stratification in a coastal area of the North Sea 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Charles Talbot Patrick Augustin Céline Leroy Véronique Willart Hervé Delbarre Georgui Khomenko 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2007,125(1):133-154
In-situ sodar and lidar measurements were coupled with numerical simulations for studying a sea-breeze event in a flat coastal
area of the North Sea. The study’s aims included the recognition of the dynamics of a sea-breeze structure, and its effects
on the lower troposphere stratification and the three-dimensional (3D) pollutant distribution. A sea breeze was observed with
ground-based remote sensing instruments and analysed by means of numerical simulations using the 3D non-hydrostatic atmospheric
model Meso-NH. The vertical structure of the lower troposphere was experimentally determined from the lidar and sodar measurements,
while numerical simulations focused on the propagation of the sea breeze inland. The sea-breeze front, the headwind, the thermal
internal boundary layer, the gravity current and the sea-breeze circulation were observed and analysed. The development of
a late stratification was also observed by the lidar and simulated by the model, suggesting the formation of a stable multilayered
structure. The transport of passive tracers inside the sea breeze and their redistribution above the gravity current was simulated
too. Numerical modelling showed that local pollutants may travel backward to the sea above the gravity current at relatively
low speed due to the shearing between the landward gravity current and the seaward synoptic wind. Such dynamic conditions
may enhance an accumulation of pollutants above coastal industrial areas. 相似文献