Model Simulations of the Boundary-Layer Evolution over an Arid Andes Valley

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• 作者：Inge Bischoff-Gau? ; Norbert Kalthoff ; Samiro Khodayar ; Melitta Fiebig-Wittmaack and Sonia Montecinos
• 关键词：Elqui valley ; Heat budget ; Moisture budget ; Sea breeze ; Valley winds
• 刊名：Boundary-Layer Meteorology
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：September, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：128
• 期：3
• 页码：357-379
• 全文大小：1.7 MB

文摘

The boundary layer of the Elqui valley in the arid north of Chile exhibits several interesting phenomena, such as a very shallow convective boundary layer (CBL) during the day. In the morning, warming is observed in and above the CBL, while the humidity decreases in the CBL. At midday, in and above the CBL of the valley, the temperature stagnates. In the afternoon in the CBL the temperature decreases and humidity increases, although the latent heat flux is very low. Because the characteristic features of the valley atmosphere are hard to interpret from observations alone, model simulations were applied. The simulations indicate that all components of the budget equations, i.e. the turbulent flux divergences, advection via the sea breeze, the upvalley and upslope wind systems, as well as subsidence, contribute to the evolution of the valley atmosphere.