Observations of Atmospheric Solitary Waves in the Urban Boundary Layer |
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| Authors: | M P Rao Paolo Castracane Stefano Casadio Daniele Fuá Giorgio Fiocco |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, Universitá di Roma La Sapienza, 00185 Roma, Italy;(2) Department of Physics, Andhra University, 530003 Visakhapatnam;(3) DISAT, Universitá di Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The simultaneous operation of a three-axis Doppler sodar system in the centralurban area of Rome and two similar systems in the suburban area, forming atriangle about 20 km on each side, provided evidence of solitary-type wavesin the urban boundary layer. Three events, each lasting from a few minutes toabout 30 min, and ranging in depth from the minimum range of the sodar (39 m) to over 500 m, are reported here. Two events were recognizable onall three sodar records while the third event could be observed at the urbanlocation only. Time-height acoustic echo intensity records showed no-echoregions within the wave indicating transport of trapped recirculating air.This is typical of large amplitude solitary waves. The time series plots ofsodar-derived vertical wind velocity revealed a maximum peak-to-peakvariation of about 5 m s-1 during periods of wave-associated disturbance.The vertical velocity is found to increase with height up to the top of the closedcirculation within the wave and decreases further above. The normalisedamplitude-wavelength relationship for the two events indicates that theobserved waves are close to a strongly nonlinear regime. |
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| Keywords: | Gravity waves Nonlinear waves Sodar Solitary waves Solitons Urban boundary layer |
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