Performance Evaluation of the Boundary-Layer Height from Lidar and the Weather Research and Forecasting Model at an Urban Coastal Site in the North-East Iberian Peninsula

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• 作者：Robert F. Banks ; Jordi Tiana-Alsina ; Francesc Rocadenbosch…
• 关键词：Backscatter lidar ; Back ; trajectory cluster analysis ; Complex urban terrain ; Planetary boundary ; layer height ; Weather Research and Forecasting model
• 刊名：Boundary-Layer Meteorology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：157
• 期：2
• 页码：265-292
• 全文大小：6,510 KB
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• 作者单位：Robert F. Banks (1) (3)
  Jordi Tiana-Alsina (2)
  Francesc Rocadenbosch (2)
  José M. Baldasano (1) (3)
  
  1. Earth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), Jordi Girona 29, Edificio Nexus II, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
  3. Environmental Modelling Laboratory, Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Ave. Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
  2. Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Signal Theory and Communications (TSC), Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, Campus Nord, Bldg. D3, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
  
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Earth sciences
  Meteorology and Climatology
  Atmospheric Protection, Air Quality Control and Air Pollution
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-1472

文摘

We evaluate planetary boundary-layer (PBL) parametrizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) numerical model, with three connected objectives: first, for a 16-year period, we use a cluster analysis algorithm of three-day back-trajectories to determine general synoptic flow patterns over Barcelona, Spain arriving at heights of 0.5, 1.5, and 3 km; to represent the lower PBL, upper PBL, and lower free troposphere, respectively. Seven clusters are determined at each arriving altitude. Regional recirculations account for 54 % of the annual total at 0.5 km, especially in summertime. In the second objective, we assess a time-adaptive approach using an extended Kalman filter to estimate PBL height from backscatter lidar returns at 1200 UTC \(\pm \) 30 min for 45 individual days during a seven-year period. PBL heights retrieved with this technique are compared with three classic methods used in the literature to estimate PBL height from lidar. The methods are validated against PBL heights calculated from daytime radiosoundings. Lidar and radiosonde estimated PBL heights are classified under objectively-determined synoptic clusters. With the final objective, WRF model-simulated PBL heights are validated against lidar estimates using eight unique PBL schemes as inputs. Evaluation of WRF model-simulated PBL heights are performed under different synoptic situations. Determination coefficients with lidar estimates indicate the non-local assymetric convective model scheme is the most reliable, with the widely-tested local Mellor–Yamada–Janjic scheme showing the weakest correlations with lidar retrievals. Overall, there is a systematic underestimation of PBL height simulated in the WRF model. Keywords Backscatter lidar Back-trajectory cluster analysis Complex urban terrain Planetary boundary-layer height Weather Research and Forecasting model