Wind Profile Diagnosis from Surface Routine Meteorological Data Over a Coastal Area |
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| Authors: | Maria Tombrou Dimitra Founda |
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| Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Meteorology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;(2) National Observatory of Athens, Institute of Meteorology and Physics of the Atmospheric Environment, Athens, Greece |
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| Abstract: | A simple algorithm is proposed in order to transform routine surface wind speed observations near the coast to a wind at the height of the equilibrium planetary boundary layer as well as to any other height over a relatively flat coastal region. The model is based on the well known internal boundary layer (IBL) concept, Monin-Obukhov similarity theory and the resistance law, and describes the effects of the roughness transition from sea to land as well as the effect of stability on the shape of the profiles and the IBL growth. The required input weather data are no more than surface wind speed, air temperature and total cloud cover. Satisfactory agreement was found between measurements at Hellinikon airport and estimations made with the scheme. The introduction of a transition layer above the IBL did not improve the agreement to any significant extent. Mean values of the estimated wind differed by less than 1 m s -1 from the observed ones, a difference within the accuracy of the reported rawinsonde values. The rms error varied in the range of 17–22% of the observed average value, giving the best agreement under unstable conditions. The correlation coefficient between the observed and the estimated values of the wind, at the height of the equilibrium planetary boundary layer, ranged between 0.74 and 0.90. |
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| Keywords: | Coastal areas Internal boundary layer Resistance law Routine surface data Similarity theory |
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