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Title: | Observational and Numerical Simulation Study of a Sequence of Eight Atmospheric Density Currents in Northern Spain |
Author: | Soler i Duffour, M. Rosa Udina Sistach, Mireia Ferreres, E. |
Keywords: | Ones gravitacionals Models matemàtics Mètodes de simulació Gravitació Turbulència Gravitational waves Mathematical models Simulation methods Gravitation Turbulence |
Issue Date: | 3-Jul-2014 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Abstract: | A sequence of eight atmospheric density current fronts occurred in consecutive days are identified and analyzed using micrometeorological time series and numerical simulations. Observations were collected in the context of the INTERCLE project, which took place from September 2002 to November 2003 at the CIBA (Research Centre for the Lower Atmosphere) site located over the northern Spanish plateau. Numerical simulations used the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model with fine horizontal resolution (1 km). Both observations and simulations agree that the arrival of the density currents are characterized by a sharp change in temperature, wind velocity, wind direction and specific humidity and a source of intermittent turbulence. However, comparison between model and observations shows that the model predicts the intrusion of the density currents earlier than is observed. In addition, wavelet techniques applied to the data help distinguish the different scales present in the events, and therefore can reveal traces of gravity waves induced by the arrival of the density currents. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10546-014-9942-2 |
It is part of: | Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2014, vol. 153, p. 1-22 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/65976 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10546-014-9942-2 |
ISSN: | 0006-8314 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica) |
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