Land-atmosphere coupling manifested in warm-season observations on the U.S. southern great plains
Abstract
This study examines several observational aspects of land-atmosphere coupling on daily average time scales during warm seasons of the years 1997 to 2008 at the Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility site near Lamont, Oklahoma. Characteristics of the local land-atmosphere coupling are inferred by analyzing the covariability of selected land and atmospheric variables that include precipitation and soil moisture, surface air temperature, relative humidity, radiant and turbulent fluxes, as well as low-level cloud base height and fractional coverage. For both the energetic and hydrological aspects of this coupling, it is found that large-scale atmospheric forcings predominate, with local feedbacks of the land on the atmosphere being comparatively small much of the time. The weak land feedbacks are manifested by 1) the inability of soil moisture to comprehensively impact the coupled land-atmosphere energetics, and 2) the limited recycling of local surface moisture under conditions where most of the rainfall derives from convective cells that originate at remote locations. There is some evidence, nevertheless, of the local land feedback becoming stronger as the soil dries out in the aftermath of precipitation events, or on days when the local boundary-layer clouds are influenced by thermal updraftsmore »
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1254389
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-557575
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 119; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
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- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Phillips, Thomas J., and Klein, Stephen A. Land-atmosphere coupling manifested in warm-season observations on the U.S. southern great plains. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1002/2013JD020492.
Phillips, Thomas J., & Klein, Stephen A. Land-atmosphere coupling manifested in warm-season observations on the U.S. southern great plains. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020492
Phillips, Thomas J., and Klein, Stephen A. Tue .
"Land-atmosphere coupling manifested in warm-season observations on the U.S. southern great plains". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020492. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1254389.
@article{osti_1254389,
title = {Land-atmosphere coupling manifested in warm-season observations on the U.S. southern great plains},
author = {Phillips, Thomas J. and Klein, Stephen A.},
abstractNote = {This study examines several observational aspects of land-atmosphere coupling on daily average time scales during warm seasons of the years 1997 to 2008 at the Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program’s Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility site near Lamont, Oklahoma. Characteristics of the local land-atmosphere coupling are inferred by analyzing the covariability of selected land and atmospheric variables that include precipitation and soil moisture, surface air temperature, relative humidity, radiant and turbulent fluxes, as well as low-level cloud base height and fractional coverage. For both the energetic and hydrological aspects of this coupling, it is found that large-scale atmospheric forcings predominate, with local feedbacks of the land on the atmosphere being comparatively small much of the time. The weak land feedbacks are manifested by 1) the inability of soil moisture to comprehensively impact the coupled land-atmosphere energetics, and 2) the limited recycling of local surface moisture under conditions where most of the rainfall derives from convective cells that originate at remote locations. There is some evidence, nevertheless, of the local land feedback becoming stronger as the soil dries out in the aftermath of precipitation events, or on days when the local boundary-layer clouds are influenced by thermal updrafts known to be associated with convection originating at the surface. Finally, we also discuss potential implications of these results for climate-model representation of regional land-atmosphere coupling.},
doi = {10.1002/2013JD020492},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres},
number = 2,
volume = 119,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Tue Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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