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The impact of weak synoptic forcing on the valley-wind circulation in the Alpine Inn Valley 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Günther Zängl 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》2009,105(1-2):37-53
This paper investigates the impact of weak synoptic-scale forcing on the thermally induced valley-wind circulation in the Alpine Inn Valley and one of its largest tributaries, the Wipp Valley. To this end, high-resolution numerical simulations with realistic topography but idealized large-scale atmospheric conditions are performed. The large-scale flow has a speed increasing linearly from 5 m s?1 at sea level to 12.5 m s?1 at tropopause level, but its direction is varied between each experiment. For reference, an experiment without large-scale winds is conducted as well. The results indicate that the sensitivity to ambient flow forcing differs substantially between the Inn Valley and the Wipp Valley. The valley-wind circulation of the Inn Valley is found to be fairly robust against weak ambient forcing, changing by a much smaller amount than the along-valley component of the imposed large-scale flow. The valley wind tends to be intensified (weakened) when the ambient flow is aligned with (opposite to) the local valley orientation. However, the flow response is complicated by larger-scale interactions of the ambient flow with the Alpine massif. Most notably, northerly and northwesterly flow is deflected around the Alps, leading to the formation of a low-level jet along the northern edge of the Alps which in turn affects the valley-wind circulation in the lower Inn Valley. For the Wipp Valley, which is oriented approximately normal to the Alpine crest line and constitutes a deep gap in the Alpine crest, two distinctly different flow regimes are found depending on whether the large-scale flow has a significant southerly component or not. In the absence of a southerly flow component, the valley-wind circulation is similarly robust against ambient forcing as in the Inn Valley, with a fairly weak response of the local wind speeds. However, southerly ambient flow tends to force continuous downvalley (southerly) wind in the Wipp Valley. The flow dynamics can then be described as a pressure-driven gap flow during the day and as a mixture between katabatic flow and gap flow during the night. The responsible pressure forcing arises from the larger-scale interaction of the ambient flow with the Alpine massif, with southerly flow causing lifting on the southern side of the Alps and subsidence in the north. 相似文献
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Air Pollution Transport in an Alpine Valley: Results From Airborne and Ground-Based Observations 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
A. Gohm F. Harnisch J. Vergeiner F. Obleitner R. Schnitzhofer A. Hansel A. Fix B. Neininger S. Emeis K. Schäfer 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2009,131(3):441-463
An observational dataset from a wintertime field campaign in the Inn Valley, Austria, is analysed in order to study mechanisms
of air pollution transport in an Alpine valley. The results illustrate three types of mechanisms: transport by a density current,
back-and-forth transport by valley winds, and transport by slope winds. The first type is associated with an air mass difference
along the valley. Cooler air located in the lower part of the valley behaves like a density current and produces the advection
of pollutants by upvalley winds. In the second type, strong horizontal gradients in pollution concentrations exist close to
ground. Multiple wind reversals result in a back-and-forth transport of pollutants by weak valley winds. In the third type,
upslope winds during daytime decrease low-level pollution concentrations and cause the formation of elevated pollution layers. 相似文献
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G. Zängl 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》2006,91(1-4):85-105
Summary This study presents high-resolution numerical simulations of north foehn in the Austrian Inn Valley which have been performed
with the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model MM5. As the Inn Valley is located north of the Alpine crest, north foehn occurs comparatively
rarely in this valley, and there are only sparse observations available for this phenomenon. Simulations of the 24 January
1993 case as well as idealized simulations are performed to get a deeper insight into the dynamics of the north foehn. Moreover,
the synoptic conditions leading to the occurrence of north foehn in the Inn Valley are investigated.
The simulations indicate that there are at least four different paths for the foehn to penetrate into the valley. Two of them
are running along side valleys entering the upper Inn Valley from the west. These flow paths appear to be most important when
the large-scale flow has a significant westerly component. The other possible flow paths enter the Inn Valley from the northwest
or north and require a strong northerly component of the large-scale flow. From a dynamical point of view, north foehn appears
to be similar to the well researched south foehn in that vertically propagating gravity waves force the descent of the ambient
flow into the valleys. However, there are also indications that trapped lee waves have a significant impact on the surface
wind field, which has not been reported for south foehn so far. Moreover, the model results show that a precondition for the
formation of north foehn in the Inn Valley is the absence of significant orographic precipitation. Evaporative cooling induced
by precipitation falling into subsaturated air not only reduces the surface temperatures but also inhibits the formation of
large-amplitude gravity waves, suppressing the development of stormy surface winds. 相似文献
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Summary The present paper is the continuation of two recent studies investigating the foehn-like valley wind system around Mittenwald
(Bavarian Isar Valley). We deal with the synoptic/mesoscale conditions causing the local foehn (“Minifoehn”), considering
field campaigns from both the mesoscale and the climatological point of view. Furthermore, we describe the structure and further
features of the local foehn at smaller scales, using both the results of the VERTIKATOR field campaign and numerical simulations.
We obtain as a new result that the foehn-caused local warm air pool around Mittenwald induces slight nocturnal upvalley winds
between an adjacent valley basin located some 8 km north of Mittenwald and the basin of Mittenwald. Furthermore, a weak northerly
flow may also occur at Mittenwald prior to the onset of the Minifoehn. Numerical simulations indicate that the local pressure
gradient responsible for this phenomenon is related to a gravity wave forming over the hill range southwest of Mittenwald.
Observations within a five-year period indicate that Minifoehn frequently occurs when ambient winds coming from the southern
sector are predominant, but, contrary to deep foehn, weather conditions with northerly synoptic-scale flows do not necessarily
exclude the development of the local foehn which comes from the southwest. We also present further evidence that in the presence
of southerly synoptic-scale winds, orographic gravity waves interact with the drainage flow. Another new result is that strong
synoptic-scale westerly winds are able to suppress the occurrence of Minifoehn. In addition, the possible influence of the
Inn Valley wind system as well as dynamical differences between the thermally driven up- and downvalley winds are briefly
discussed. 相似文献
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Results from the MERKUR experiment: Mass budget and vertical motions in a large valley during mountain and valley wind 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Dr. C. Freytag 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》1987,37(2):129-140
Summary Based on measurements made in March 1982 in the Inn valley during the MERKUR experiment, an attempt was made to compute the mass budget of a large alpine valley during periods of mountain and valley wind.The computations come from measurements of the alongvalley mass flux and assumptions on the fluxes in the slope layer and tributaries.Vertical motions in the valley's atmosphere have been evaluated from the mass budget computations. These motions, including the subsidence which compensates for daytime upslope winds and the subsidence which compensates for the valley wind flowing into tributaries during the day, are of great importance for the understanding of the thermal circulation.The results allow better estimation of vertical advection, which contributes to the budgets of momentum and energy.With 8 Figures 相似文献
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Eddy-Covariance Flux Measurements in the Complex Terrain of an Alpine Valley in Switzerland 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
We measured the surface energy budget of an Alpine grassland in highly complex terrain to explore possibilities and limitations
for application of the eddy-covariance technique, also for CO2 flux measurements, at such non-ideal locations. This paper focuses on the influence of complex terrain on the turbulent energy
measurements of a characteristic high Alpine grassland on Crap Alv (Alp Weissenstein) in the Swiss Alps during the growing
season 2006. Measurements were carried out on a topographic terrace with a slope of 25◦ inclination. Flux data quality is assessed via the closure of the energy budget and the quality flag method used within the
CarboEurope project. During 93% of the time the wind direction was along the main valley axis (43% upvalley and 50% downvalley
directions). During the transition times of the typical twice daily wind direction changes in a mountain valley the fraction
of high and good quality flux data reached a minimum of ≈50%, whereas during the early afternoon ≈70% of all records yielded
good to highest quality (CarboEurope flags 0 and 1). The overall energy budget closure was 74 ± 2%. An angular correction
for the shortwave energy input to the slope improved the energy budget closure slightly to 82 ± 2% for afternoon conditions.
In the daily total, the measured turbulent energy fluxes are only underestimated by around 8% of net radiation. In summary,
our results suggest that it is possible to yield realistic energy flux measurements under such conditions. We thus argue that
the Crap Alv site and similar topographically complex locations with short-statured vegetation should be well suited also
for CO2 flux measurements. 相似文献
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Ph. Drobinski S. Bastin J. Dusek G. Zängl P. H. Flamant 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》2006,92(3-4):285-306
Summary This paper investigates the characteristics of channelled airflow in the vicinity of a junction of three idealized valleys
(one valley carrying the incoming flow and two tributaries carrying the outflow), using a two-dimensional single-layer shallow
water model. Particular attention is given to the flow splitting occurring at the junction. Nondimensionalized, the model
depends on the valley geometry, the Reynolds number, which is related to the eddy viscosity, and on the difference of the
hydrostatic pressure imposed at the exit of the tributaries. At the spatial scale considered in this study, the Rossby number
relating the inertial and Coriolis forces is always larger than 1, implying that the effect of earth rotation can be neglected
to a first approximation.
The analysis of the flow structure within the three valleys as well as the calculation of the split ratio (fraction of the
air flow diverted into one of the two downstream valleys with respect to the total mass flux in the upstream valley) show
that (i) the flow pattern depends strongly on the Reynolds number while the split ratio is comparatively insensitive; (ii)
the valley geometry and the difference between the upstream and downstream hydrostatic pressures affect the flow pattern,
the location of the split point and the split ratio; (iii) the relative contribution of flow deflection by the sidewalls and
the blocking/splitting mechanism differs between the settings of a “Y-shape” valley and a “T-shape” valley.
Quantitative comparison of the present results with numerical simulations of realistic cases and with observations collected
in the region of the Rhine and Seez valleys (Switzerland) (“Y-shape” valley) and in the region of the Inn and Wipp valleys
(Austria) (“T-shape” valley) during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme (MAP) field experiment shows good agreement provided that
the normalized valley depth NΔH/Uu significantly exceeds 1, i.e., when “flow around” is expected. A structural disagreement between the idealized simulations
and the observed wind field is found only when NΔH/Uu ≃ 1, that is, in the “flow over” regime. This shows that the dimensionless valley depth
is indeed a good indicator for flow splitting, implying that the stratification is a key player in reality. 相似文献
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Matthias Hornsteiner 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》2005,88(3-4):175-192
Summary An unusually strong nocturnal downvalley wind can be regularly observed in the upper Isar Valley close to Mittenwald (Bavarian Alps) when a high-pressure system is located over Central Europe or when ambient southerly winds are present. Due to the structure of the local topography, this downvalley wind has foehn-like properties in the sense that the breakthrough of the flow into the valley is characterized by a strong increase in temperature and a decrease in relative humidity. Therefore the author called this flow Minifoehn. In fact, wind speeds are low in comparison to deep foehn, but gusts may reach values up to 20ms–1, even under the influence of high pressure systems with weak atmospheric pressure gradients. To investigate the Minifoehn, surface stations have been installed for collecting temperature, humidity, wind and pressure data. Measurements have shown that the Minifoehn represents the upper part of one of the drainage currents which flows over a mountain ridge into the valley at Mittenwald. Nocturnally cooled air drains from a plateau south of Mittenwald through different valleys which merge again near Mittenwald. It seems that the forcing of the nocturnal currents is dominated by the temperature difference between this plateau and the free atmosphere above Mittenwald at the same level. Strong temperature differences are found during clear winter nights and in case of subsidence inversions. Moreover, the appearance of the Minifoehn in autumn and winter is so frequent that we even may find a climatic effect: the upper Isar Valley is usually free of fog during these seasons and nocturnal temperatures are often considerably higher than in other Bavarian Alpine valleys at comparable altitude. 相似文献
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Numerical simulations of tracer transport in an idealised, east-west aligned valley are performed with the Regional Atmospheric
Modeling System (RAMS), both two-dimensional and three-dimensional. The results are qualitatively consistent with wintertime
observations in the Austrian Inn Valley. The simulations show an asymmetry in wind circulation and tracer distribution between
the valley sidewalls according to the orientation of the slope with respect to the sun. Two-dimensional sensitivity experiments
are run to investigate the influence of vertical inhomogeneities in thermal stratification and vegetation coverage on the
slope-wind circulation and therewith the tracer transport. It is shown that a transition to a layer of higher stability or
to a region with higher surface albedo causes a reduction of the mass flux in the upslope-wind layer and due to mass continuity
a quasi-horizontal transport out of the slope-wind layer. 相似文献
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Summary In this paper, very-high-resolution numerical simulations are presented to analyze the small-scale dynamics of the foehn in
the lower Wipp Valley and the adjacent parts of the Inn Valley. This region was one of the target areas for foehn observations
during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme (MAP). Our simulations consider two MAP cases that markedly differed in the depth of
the foehn flow. To isolate the dynamical effect of the key orographic features in the Wipp Valley region, we performed sensitivity
experiments with different topography modifications. These involve lowering or even removing the Nordkette range, which constitutes
the northern side wall of the east–west-oriented Inn Valley, and closing the Stubai Valley, which is the northernmost and
largest tributary of the Wipp Valley. A comparison with surface and lidar observations indicates that our present model resolution
of 467 m significantly improves the realism of the simulations compared to a resolution of 800 m, as used in a previous study.
The Nordkette is found to have a twofold impact on the dynamics of foehn breakthrough into the Inn Valley. In reality, this
mountain chain deflects part of the southerly foehn current coming from the Wipp Valley into the perpendicularly oriented
Inn Valley. Our sensitivity tests indicate that this flow deflection tends to accelerate the foehn breakthrough into the Inn
Valley, while upstream blocking effects induced by the Nordkette act to slow down the process of foehn breakthrough. The flow
pattern in the Wipp Valley reveals that the upstream effects of the Nordkette are not quite far-reaching. The amplitude of
the gravity waves over the lower Wipp Valley gets somewhat reduced by these upstream effects, but the overall flow pattern
remains largely unaffected. Closing the Stubai Valley also has a minor effect of the wave structure and tends to reduce the
cross-valley variability of the foehn flow in the lower Wipp Valley. 相似文献
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G. Zängl 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》2003,83(3-4):237-261
Summary ?Numerical simulations of the south foehn in the region of Innsbruck are presented. They are semi-idealized in the sense that
realistic orography but idealized initial and boundary conditions are used. The focus of this study is on typical features
of the fully developed foehn, the breakthrough phase of the foehn and the diurnal cycle of the foehn. In addition, the impact
of the large-scale wind direction is examined, including conditions leading to shallow foehn.
The simulated flow fields have been found to be in very good agreement with observations except for a few minor details. In
the lower part of the Sill Valley (the valley going from the Brenner pass down to Innsbruck), the wind speed is significantly
higher than in the upper part. The acceleration can be traced back to the three-dimensional propagation of gravity waves excited
over the adjacent mountain ridges. The amplitude of the gravity waves over the various mountain ridges depends sensitively
on the wind direction, large wave amplitudes occurring only when the angle between the wind direction and the ridge line is
not too small. For southwesterly or south–southwesterly large-scale flow, wave amplitudes are significantly larger to the
east of Innsbruck than to the west. Foehn breakthrough at Innsbruck is usually preceded by a moderate westerly (downvalley)
wind that is restricted to a rather small area around Innsbruck. The simulations reveal that this so-called pre-foehn is mainly
a consequence of the gravity wave asymmetry, producing an asymmetric pressure perturbation with lower pressure to the east
of Innsbruck. Shallow foehn, defined as a foehn occurring when the large-scale flow at crest height (700 hPa) is approximately
westerly, is associated with relatively weak wave activity along the Sill Valley. It is found that at least a weak southerly
wind component below crest height is necessary to maintain a significant shallow foehn over a longer time.
Received October 10, 2001; accepted June 20, 2002
Published online: February 20, 2003 相似文献
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Winds, temperatures, and carbon monoxide concentrations were measured in a cross-section of the North Saskatchewan River Valley in central Edmonton on a clear October evening with cross-valley winds. The evolution of a complex asymmetrical valley inversion with vertical temperature gradients up to 12C (100 m)–1 on the north-facing slope and 6C (100 m)–1 on the south-facing slope is described. The inversion is accompanied by downslope winds of about 0.4 m s–1 and a reversal from upvalley to downvalley winds. Carbon monoxide concentrations on the south-facing slope exhibit a well-defined evening maximum and an immediate response to the reversal from upslope to downslope winds. 相似文献
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Summary Numerical simulations of the 24 October 1999 south foehn (MAP-IOP 10) are performed with the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model MM5 for the Wipp Valley and the adjacent parts of the Inn Valley. The model is run in a multiple-nest configuration, the area of interest being resolved at a mesh size of 800m in most experiments. The study serves to complement an earlier work in which typical flow features of the foehn in the Wipp Valley region were investigated by means of idealized simulations, assessing whether it is possible to reproduce the temporal evolution and the spatial structure of a particular foehn case. A further objective of the paper is to examine the dependence of the model performance on the horizontal resolution, giving some information which resolution will probably be needed for future high-resolution forecasts.An encouragingly large part of the observed flow features could be well reproduced in the simulations. Except for a small region to the east of Innsbruck, the foehn breakthrough is predicted correctly to within an hour. The spatial structure of the so-called pre-foehn, an enhanced westerly wind occurring at Innsbruck prior to the breakthrough of the foehn, also agrees very well with the observations. Moreover, the maximum extent of the foehn in the Inn Valley, the structure of the gravity wave field above the Wipp Valley and the upvalley progression of a shallow cold front in the evening are consistent with the observations. Except for a few places where the airmass boundary between the warm foehn air and the adjacent colder air is not captured correctly throughout the time, the simulated surface temperatures range within 2K of the observed values. Discrepancies between the model results and the observations are found in the vicinity of Innsbruck where a flow-splitting phenomenon induces a very complex flow pattern at low levels. Another source of problems is the surface potential temperature along the Wipp Valley. The observed potential-temperature increase between the Brenner Pass and Innsbruck, which appears to be related to turbulent vertical mixing of stably stratified air, is underestimated by the model. Reducing the horizontal resolution from 800m to 1.4km deteriorates the model performance in marginally resolved side valleys, but the results obtained for the Wipp Valley and the Inn Valley are still of high quality. 相似文献
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Inge Bischoff-Gauß Norbert Kalthoff Samiro Khodayar Melitta Fiebig-Wittmaack Sonia Montecinos 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》2008,128(3):357-379
The boundary layer of the Elqui valley in the arid north of Chile exhibits several interesting phenomena, such as a very shallow
convective boundary layer (CBL) during the day. In the morning, warming is observed in and above the CBL, while the humidity
decreases in the CBL. At midday, in and above the CBL of the valley, the temperature stagnates. In the afternoon in the CBL
the temperature decreases and humidity increases, although the latent heat flux is very low. Because the characteristic features
of the valley atmosphere are hard to interpret from observations alone, model simulations were applied. The simulations indicate
that all components of the budget equations, i.e. the turbulent flux divergences, advection via the sea breeze, the upvalley
and upslope wind systems, as well as subsidence, contribute to the evolution of the valley atmosphere. 相似文献
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Dr. M. Hagen 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》1992,48(1-4):231-248
Summary First intensive observations of a narrow cold frontal rainband in southern Germany are described. The observations by Doppler radar and surface observations are in good agreement with others made in Great Britain and at the west coast of the United States. There are no principal differences between the observations close to the sea and those during the passage of the front across the Alpine foreland. The observed coexistence of short and elongated precipitation cells is explained by the local modification of convergence and vorticity. When approaching the Alps the precipitation patterns increased in size due to the upslope winds, and the pre-frontal low-level jet is reorganized completely in a manner such that the cross-frontal circulation was enhanced while the pre-frontal low-level jet disappeared.With 20 Figures 相似文献
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Potential Vorticity Structure and Inversion of the Cyclogenesis Over the Yangtze River and Huaihe River Valleys 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
In this paper, the potential vorticity structure and inversion of the cyclogenesis over the Yangtze River and Huaihe River valleys during 21 23 June 2003 are investigated with a potential vorticity (PV) framework. The cyclogenesis is manifested by a lower-tropospheric PV anomaly over the Yangtze River and Huaihe River valleys at early stages mainly due to latent heat release, which greatly affects the evolution of the associated lower-tropospheric geopotential height and wind fields as demonstrated by piecewise PV inversion. At later stages, an upper-tropospheric PV anomaly develops, resulting in the growth of ridges over the cyclone in both the upstream and downstream, which provide a favorable background field for the low-level cyclone development. But the effect of a surface thermal anomaly always impedes the development of the cyclone to different extents during this cyclogenesis. It is further demonstrated that the position and the strength of the PV anomaly are closely related to the low-level cyclone development, and the lower-tropospheric PV anomaly seems to constitute the most significant feature, for instance, contributing about 60% to the low-level jet (LLJ). 相似文献
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J. M. Egentowich M. L. Kaplan Y.-L. Lin A. J. Riordan 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》2000,74(1-4):189-215
Summary Using observational analysis and mesoscale numerical simulations we investigate the subtropical jet (STJ) and the associated
mass and momentum adjustments, the low-level jet (LLJ), and low-level potential vorticity (PV), 6 hours before the 1988 Raleigh
(RDU) tornado outbreak. We also compare the environment to a synoptically similar event with severe weather forecasted but
nothing developed over central North Carolina.
In the event case there is a self-maintaining, low-level circulation, which was characterized by a surface trough, low-level
PV maximum, mid-level jet and a warm Mexican airmass, that originated over Mexico, propagated across the Gulf Coast and moved
over central North Carolina at the time of tornado. A meso-cyclone and low-level PV propagates over the Piedmont at the time
of the RDU tornado outbreak. The low-level PV maximum is maintained by low-level forcing: specifically, tilting about a diabatic
heat source (convection). In the non-event case, this feature is absent along the Gulf Coast states. In the event case, the
polar jet right entrance region moves near the STJ left exit region which creates strong ascent and upper-level divergence
over the Piedmont. The lifted index indicates the airmass over the Piedmont is unstable. We developed a Divergence Profile
Buoyancy Index (DPBI) based on: upper-level divergence, airmass buoyancy and low-level tilting effects associated with shear
and thermal gradients. We found that DBPI values over 15 correspond to tornadic activity.
Received December 23, 1999 Revised January 16, 2000 相似文献
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Quantitative Estimation of Air Mass Exchange by Along-Valley Wind in the Rongbuk Valley 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1 下载免费PDF全文
For a better understanding of the air mass exchange processes between the surface and free atmos-phere in the Himalayas,a Himalayan exchange between the surface and troposphere 2007 (HEST2007) campaign was carried out in the Rongbuk Valley,on the northern slope of Mt.Qomolangma,in June 2007.The wind,tem-perature and radiation conditions were measured during the campaign.Using these observation data,together with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) reanalysis data,the air mass exchange between the inside of the valley and the outside of the valley is quantitatively estimated,based on a closed-valley method.The air mass is strongly injected into the Rongbuk Valley in the after-noon,which dominates the diurnal cycle,by a strong downward along-valley wind,with a maximum down-ward transfer rate of 9.4 cm s?1.The total air volume flux injected into the valley was 2.6×1011 m3 d?1 in 24 hours in June 2007,which is 15 times the total volume of the val-ley.The air mass transfer into the valley also exhibited a clear daily variation during the HEST2007 campaign,which can be affected by the synoptic situations through the adjustment of local radiation conditions. 相似文献
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Prof. Dr. J. Egger 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》1990,42(2):113-125
Summary Flow in long and deep main valleys with tributaries is studied for constant surface heating switched on att=0. The valley flows are obtained from a numerical model which combines slope wind layer equations with equations for the valley flow off the slopes. Much simpler linear models are used for the intepretation of the model results. If there are no sidevalleys an up-valley wind regime evolves in the main valley after the switch-on of the heating which protrudes towards the head. It is shown that the topographic amplification factor which captures the geometry of the valley and stratification are important factors in determining the intensity of the along-valley flow. However the up-valley winds are also quite sensitive to the specification of the boundary conditions at the upper end of the slope wind layers. If sidevalleys are added strong inflow to these tributaries is found only if their topographic amplification factors are larger than that of the main valley. This flow into the tributaries is mainly balanced by downward motion on top of the main valley but flow entering through the mounth of the main valley can contribute as well. Tributaries can induce flow in the main valley long before the main valley's own up-valley wind regime has reached the location of the tributary.With 10 Figures 相似文献
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Idealized Numerical Simulation Study of the Potential Vorticity Banners over a Mesoscale Mountain: Dry Adiabatic Process 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Topography-induced potential vorticity (PV) banners over a mesoscale topography (Dabie Mountain, hereafter DM) in eastern China, under an idealized dry adiabatic flow, are studied with a mesoscale numerical model, ARPS. PV banners generate over the leeside of the DM with a maximal intensity of ~1.5 PVU, and extend more than 100 km downstream, while the width varies from several to tens of kilometers, which contrasts with the half-width of the peaks along the ridge of the DM. Wave breaking occurs near the le... 相似文献