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Abstract Winter operation of an acoustic sounder at Calgary, Alberta, has led to some unique observations during Chinook periods. Acoustic backscatter records obtained in these periods reveal an identifiable pattern of events in the atmospheric boundary layer. Descending turbulent structures are observed in pre‐Chinook conditions; the arrival of these structures near ground is associated with the onset of ground‐level warming. When ground‐level temperatures have risen to near 0°C, a deep (200–500 m thick) characteristic region of turbulence is generated in the boundary layer. The correlation of these features with surface wind and temperature data is discussed. 相似文献
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In this work, the thermic structure of the atmospheric boundary layer is analyzed by means of direct measurements with radiosonde equipment, remote exploration with a three-monostatic Doppler sodar, and a boundary layer model of order one-and-a-half. Intercomparisons of radiosonde data, sodar data, and model results are made through the study of radiative nocturnal inversion, subsidence inversion, development and height of the mixing layer, and calculus of the temperature structure parameter. The ability of sodar to find the mixing layer height and to detect stable layers is enhanced when these layers are low enough. 相似文献
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Acoustic sounder and tower data obtained at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) are used to examine several features of the wave and turbulence structure associated with a disturbed nocturnal inversion. General features, including mean fields and Richardson number, for the case selected for this study are presented. Spectral analysis of the tower data reveals a separation of energy into wavelike and turbulent fluctuations. Analysis of the heat flux, however, shows upward counter-gradient fluxes in the vicinity of a low-level jet and near the top of the inversion. Cospectral analysis shows that the major contribution to the upward heat flux occurs at frequencies that would normally be considered characteristic of waves. In some cases, the upward flux is associated with a phase shift between vertical velocity w and fluctuating temperature θ different from the quadrature relation that would be expected of internal waves. Time series analysis reveals that these unexpected positive fluxes occur in relatively short bursts. Analysis of time series of θ and w in other cases, as well as inspection of acoustic sounder records, shows that sometimes such upward fluxes can result from a combination of wave motion and horizontal temperature advection. In this case the advection is associated with a shallow cold front. 相似文献
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Characteristics of the winter boundary layer over the (elevation 1600 m) in the vicinity of Johannesburg, 26 ° S, 29 ° E, are described in relation to air pollution potential by means of doppler sounder observations and background climatological data. Regional mean winds for the 800 h Pa level show that the winter boundary layer is dominated by a cell of high pressure over the Limpopo River Valley to the northeast of Johannesburg. To the south of Johannesburg, westerly circumpolar flow is prevalent and encroaches onto the plateau during the passage of frontal perturbations. Doppler sounder wind and turbulence profiles, averaged for the months of August 1984 and June 1985, are presented to establish a boundary-layer climatology. Diurnally averaged doppler sounder profiles for both months revealed a very consistent convective/day — stable/night cycle in the very dry winter conditions. A sharp radiation inversion formed just after sunset up to the 150–200 m level and grew in depth to reach 300 m on average near sunrise. The inversion caused a reduction in frictional drag and the formation of nocturnal low level jet during westerly encroachment. A case study is evaluated to determine the detailed structure of the low level jet near Johannesburg. The thermal wind plays a role in the nocturnal acceleration; mechanisms for its development and maintenance are explored. Additional work is presented on the synoptic cycle and its influence on air pollution dispersion over the African Plateau. 相似文献
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D. Chesters D. A. Keyser D. E. Larko L. W. Uccellini 《Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics》1988,39(2):85-96
Summary Geosynchronous satellite soundings from the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) have difficulty resolving thermal variations in the troposphere associated with mesoscale dynamical processes. For example, VAS soundings retrieved during a late winter storm on 6 March 1982 scarcely resolved a mid-tropospheric cold pool and a low-level inversion which were captured by a special radiosonde network established as part of an Atmospheric Variability Experiment (AVE) in the south-central United States. In this paper, VAS radiances from the 6 March 1982 AVE/VAS case are re-processed using supplementary radiosonde soundings obtained at NWS radiosonde sites in the central United States to construct a local regression retrieval matrix. The re-processed VAS retrievals are compared to the original VAS retrievals and to an independent mesoscale radiosonde network located in north-central Texas. The re-processed VAS retrievals delineate the three-dimensional mesoscale temperature fields for this case with significantly improved accuracy, indicating that the poor resolution from the previous retrievals was not due to unexpected limitations in the satellite radiometer. More importantly, in order to obtain accurate upper-air temperature analyses over the United States at mesoscale resolution, the results from this case suggest that it may be necessary to develop a system which combines temperature and moisture profiles observed at selected sites in an asynoptic ground-based network (using either balloons or upward-looking microwave sensors) with infrared radiances observed at 30 km horizontal resolution from the geosynchronous sounder, using the VAS satellite data to fill in the gaps between the ground-based measurements.With 11 Figures 相似文献
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Observations of complex terrain flows using acoustic sounders: Drainage flow structure and evolution
This paper presents an analysis of nocturnal drainage flows in a mountainous coastal environment where the elevation of the
terrain is comparable with the elevation of the marine temperature inversion. The analysis traces the initiation, evolution,
and breakup of the drainage flow using acoustic sounder facsimile data and tethered sonde measurements of wind and temperature.
Conditions addressed include (1) opposing seabreeze flow ranging from 2 to 8m s-1, (2) aiding flow, and (3) large-scale and drainage-induced subsidence. The effect of deep marine temperature inversions pervades
the observations, as seen in deeper, more stratified echo layers, weaker drainage, and delayed destruction of the inversion
in the morning. 相似文献
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用AMDAR资料分析两次强飞机积冰过程 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
利用常规气象资料和AMDAR(Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay,航空器气象资料中继)飞机气象资料,对2012年1月5日和23日贵阳机场飞机报告的两次强积冰个例过程进行了客观诊断分析.结果表明:“1·5”和“1·23”强积冰个例是静止锋形势下导致的,逆温层维持时间长,逆温层顶、逆温厚度基本不变且逆温强度有所增强;饱和冷云维持且冷云含水量不断加大,为强积冰的发生提供了有利的温度和水汽条件.AMDAR资料对于探空资料是有力的补充,能显示大气层结随时间细微的变化,为积冰预警预报服务提供参考. 相似文献
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为提高地基反演大气可降水量中加权平均温度的计算精度和效率,以香港市域为例,根据2017年香港无线电探空资料,设计了一种以地面气压为基础的大气加权平均温度模型,并通过2014—2016年探空数据对该模型进行验证,分析表明该模型与探空数据得到的加权平均温度有良好的一致性,具有较高的精度。基于气压回归模型和气温回归模型对2017年7月香港地区进行地基反演大气可降水量,验证新建模型的水汽反演精度。结果表明,该模型能很好的满足地基反演大气可降水量的精度要求,相比于气温回归模型反演精度有了较好的提升。 相似文献
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A. Raghu Kumar M. Purnachandra Rao J. Sree Rama Murthy 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1986,35(3):303-308
Acoustic sounder data obtained for a period of three years have been analysed to estimate the monthly mean percentage time of occurrences of sea breezes, thermal plumes, and nocturnal radiative inversion layers. The intrusion of marine air has been found to suppress daytime convection and also to inhibit the development of nocturnal inversions. 相似文献
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On the Formation of an Elevated Nocturnal Inversion Layer in the Presence of a Low-Level Jet: A Case Study 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
We report on observed nocturnal profiles, in which an inversion layer is located at the core of a low-level jet, bounded between two well-mixed layers. High-resolution vertical profiles were collected during a field campaign in a small plain in the Israeli desert (Negev), distant 100 km from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. During the evening hours, the synoptic flow, superposed on the late sea breeze, forms a low-level jet characterized by a maximum wind speed of 12 m s −1 at an altitude of 150 m above the ground. The strong wind shear at the jet maximum generates downward heat fluxes that act against the nocturnal ground cooling. As a result, the typical ground-based nocturnal inversion is “elevated” towards the jet centre, hence a typical early morning thermal profile is observed a few hours after sunset. Since the jet is advected into the region, its formation does not depend on the presence of a surface nocturnal inversion layer to decouple the jet from surface friction. On the contrary, here the advected low-level jet acts to hinder the formation of such an inversion. These unusual temperature and wind profiles are expected to affect near-ground dispersion processes. 相似文献
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The planetary boundary layer (PBL) over the Indian Antarctic station, Maitri (70.7° S; 11.7° E; 120 m asl) has been studied using a monostatic acoustic sounder. Acoustic sounder records reveal that the Antarctic PBL remains stably stratified throughout the year except for some periods in the peak summer months. The summertime PBL exhibits a diurnal variation with ground-based inversions developing at night and the convective plumes occurring during the peak sunlight hours. The cyclonic inflow of warm oceanic air towards the continent's interior from the coast helps in the development of the elevated layers and the Kelvin-Helmholtz waves observed on the sodar records. 相似文献
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Surendra S. Parasnis 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1992,61(4):419-426
Analysis of the radiosonde observations over the Arabian sea region during MONSOON-77 and MONEX-79 has revealed a reversal in the mixing ratio (QR) above the inversion/stable layer in the atmospheric boundary layer. The reversal could be attributed to the detrainment of cloudy air originating in the deep moist convection which has penetrated the inversion layer in nearby areas. It was noticed that the soundings in which a reversal of mixing ratio was not observed, were associated with meteorological conditions favourable for deep convection. 相似文献
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利用全国探空系统换型时获取的70个高空台站的对比观测数据,计算了59型探空仪和L波段探空仪温度和位势高度的差异,分析了探空仪换型对于探空数据一致性的影响。结果表明:就全国平均而言,在100 hPa特别是在400 hPa以下高度,两套系统提供的温度和位势高度观测值没有明显的系统差异;但在70 hPa以上高空,59型探空仪测定的规定等压面温度比L波段探空仪低0.1～0.7℃,导致位势高度在20 hPa高度时偏低达30 m左右,换型前后变化明显。系统差异的产生与59型探空仪的生产厂家、施放地区和季节关系较大,进一步分析表明:太原厂生产的探空仪测得的温度在对流层偏高,在平流层偏低,位势高度在对流层偏高,在平流层逐步转为偏低;上海厂生产的探空仪测得的温度全程偏低,引起位势高度也全程偏低,因此两个厂家的59型探空仪相对于L波段的温度和位势高度系统差也有明显不同。用户在使用局部地区高空站59型探空仪的观测数据时需了解该59型探空仪的生产厂家。 相似文献
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通过对青藏高原东部地区近几年部分探空资料的分析,得出了一些有意义的结论。结果表明:冬季,青藏高原东侧地区在对流层下部存在明显的逆温现象,在逆温层之下,大气相对湿度大,水汽随高度减小的幅度小,大气处于中性层结状况;在此逆温层之上,大气相对湿度小。在逆温层底部有大量的水汽堆积,在空中形成明显的逆湿层,而在高原主体上并没有此逆温层的存在,高原东侧各站逆温层底的高度差别不大。夏季,青藏高原东侧地区20时可以存在明显的混合层,混合层的高度在成都站最小,重庆站最大,而高原主体混合层高度大于东侧地区。旱年混合层高度大于涝年。8时和20时,冬季大气温、湿垂直特性变化不明显,而夏季具有明显的变化。夏季,降水过程明显抑制混合层的发展,在暴雨过程及其前后,混合层有明显的成熟、消亡、重新建立的特征。 相似文献
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利用2007年12月的加密探空资料, 对高原东部及其下游地区的边界层结构和高原东部边界层变化对下游大气的影响进行了分析。结果表明, 冬季青藏高原东部夜间近地面逆温层可以发展到平均500 m的高度, 白天混合层可以发展到平均2000 m的高度。白天混合层内水汽和风速混合十分均匀, 在混合层发展成熟时存在十分深厚的逆湿层。冬季青藏高原下游的四川盆地, 边界层内温度日较差小, 夜间逆温层把大量地表水汽截留在近地层, 日出前近地层水汽容易达到饱和。白天, 混合层在中午发展成熟, 平均高度只有300 m。四川盆地对流层下部存在非常强的逆温层, 该逆温层是青藏高原抬升地表加热和冬季盛行西风气流形成的, 逆温层变化是青藏高原东部边界层温度日变化和局地西风变化的共同结果。逆温层显著改变大气动量、 热量和水汽的垂直分布。与对流层下部逆温相联系的中层云对辐射的影响是造成四川盆地温度日较差和混合层高度变化的原因。 相似文献
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Data collected during July and August from the Arctic Ocean Experiment 2001 illustrated a common occurrence of specific-humidity
(q) inversions, where moisture increases with height, coinciding with temperature inversions in the central Arctic boundary
layer and lower troposphere. Low-level stratiform clouds and their relationship to temperature inversions are examined using
radiosonde data and data from a suite of remote sensing instrumentation. Two low-level cloud regimes are identified: the canonical
case of stratiform clouds, where the cloud tops are capped by the temperature inversion base (CCI—Clouds Capped by Inversion)
and clouds where the cloud tops were found well inside the inversion (CII—Clouds Inside Inversion). The latter case was found
to occur more than twice as frequently than the former. The characteristic of the temperature inversion is shown to have an
influence on the cloud regime that was supported. Statistical analyses of the cloud regimes using remote sensing instruments
suggest that CCI cases tend to be dominated by single-phase liquid cloud droplets; radiative cooling at the cloud top limits
the vertical extent of such clouds to the inversion base height. The CII cases, on the other hand, display characteristics
that can be divided into two situations—(1) clouds that only slightly penetrate the temperature inversion and exhibit a microphysical
signal similar to CCI cases, or (2) clouds that extend higher into the inversion and show evidence of a mixed-phase cloud
structure. An important interplay between the mixed-phase structure and an increased potential for turbulent mixing across
the inversion base appears to support the lifetime of CII cases existing within the inversion layer. 相似文献
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Abstract Climatological characteristics of the low‐level tropospheric temperature inversion in the Canadian Arctic are examined using 10–40 year records of upper‐air meteorological data. Inversions at the northern sites are primarily surface‐based in winter, and elevated from mid‐spring through summer. At the southern sites, a bimodal pattern is observed with surface‐based inversions occurring during late summer, as well as during winter. From comparisons of our results with other published climatologies, it appears that this bimodal pattern reflects interactions between short‐ and long‐wave radiation, synoptic activity and snowmelt. Maxima in inversion depth and temperature difference across the inversion layer occur in February and March; minima occur in August and September. The annual progression of inversion characteristics closely follows the annual pattern of clear‐sky percentages, reflecting the controlling influence of cloud and clear‐sky radiative forcings on the inversion layer. 相似文献
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Local variations in the summertime mixing height over metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri, are examined in order to evaluate the dynamical and thermodynamical influences of an urban area. Case studies employing aircraft, lidar, pilot balloon and radiosonde data from Project METROMEX show variations in the height of a temperature inversion which caps a deep mixing layer. A dome-like lifting of the inversion structure occurs over the urban-industrial center with subsidence of the inversion layer at the perimeter of the metropolitan area. The maximum amplitude of the dome occurs shortly after mid-day, suggesting that thermal influences are primarily responsible. 相似文献
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The spatial variation of the nocturnal urban boundary-layer structure is described and the time variation of the mixing height, and the nocturnal inversion top and strength after sunrise is presented for urban sites located upwind, downwind, and near the center of the heat island, and at an upwind rural site. Observations were derived from high resolution temperature profiles obtained by a helicopter during 35 intensive morning experiments in St. Louis, Missouri.The nocturnal urban boundary layer increased in depth from the upwind edge of the urban area. Far downwind, in suburban and rural areas, a remnant of the urban boundary layer existed between a stable surface-based layer and an upper inversion that resembled the upwind rural inversion.The mixing height (base of the inversion) evolved in a parabolic manner after sunrise at the urban locations. A rise in the inversion top after sunrise at the urban locations is believed to be due to low-level convergence which caused the entire inversion layer to be lifted. Due to large horizontal temperature gradients associated with the urban heat island, cold air advection tended to counteract the urban-induced lifting effect by inhibiting mixing-height growth at urban locations upwind of the heat-island center. Advection also caused the maximum height and fastest growth rate of the urban mixed layer to be shifted downwind of the urban area with time. However, mean mixing-height growth rates at various urban locations did not differ significantly. The rural mixing-height growth rate was about twice as large as urban values for up to 3 hr after sunrise. Spatial differences in the mixing height became small near the time of inversion dissipation, which appeared to occur at about the same time at all locations.On assignment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 相似文献
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《Journal of Meteorological Research》2021,(2):371-383
Fengyun-3 D(FY-3 D) satellite is the latest polar-orbiting meteorological satellite launched by China and carries 10 instruments onboard. Its microwave temperature sounder(MWTS) and microwave humidity sounder(MWHS) can acquire a total of 28 channels of brightness temperatures, providing rich information for profiling atmospheric temperature and moisture. However, due to a lack of two important frequencies at 23.8 and 31.4 GHz, it is difficult to retrieve the total precipitable water vapor(TPW) and cloud liquid water path(CLW) from FY-3 D microwave sounder data as commonly done for other microwave sounding instruments. Using the channel similarity between Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership(NPP) advanced technology microwave sounder(ATMS) and FY-3 D microwave sounding instruments, a machine learning(ML) technique is used to generate the two missing low-frequency channels of MWTS and MWHS. Then, a new dataset named as combined microwave sounder(CMWS) is obtained,which has the same channel setting as ATMS but the spatial resolution is consistent with MWTS. A statistical inversion method is adopted to retrieve TPW and CLW over oceans from the FY-3 D CMWS. The intercomparison between different satellites shows that the inversion products of FY-3 D CMWS and Suomi NPP ATMS have good consistency in magnitude and distribution. The correlation coefficients of retrieved TPW and CLW between CMWS and ATMS can reach 0.95 and 0.85, respectively. 相似文献