Effect of Surface Heterogeneity on the Boundary-Layer Height: A Case Study at a Semi-Arid Forest

Brugger, Peter; Banerjee, Tirtha; De Roo, Frederik; Kröniger, Konstantin; Qubaja, Rafat; Rohatyn, Shani; Rotenberg, Eyal; Tatarinov, Feodor; Yakir, Dan; Yang, Fulin; Mauder, Matthias

doi:10.1007/s10546-018-0371-5

Effect of Surface Heterogeneity on the Boundary-Layer Height: A Case Study at a Semi-Arid Forest

Journal Article · Fri Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Boundary-Layer Meteorology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-018-0371-5· OSTI ID:1467258

^[1]; ^[2]; De Roo, Frederik ^[1]; Kröniger, Konstantin ^[1]; Qubaja, Rafat ^[3]; Rohatyn, Shani ^[3]; Rotenberg, Eyal ^[3]; Tatarinov, Feodor ^[3]; Yakir, Dan ^[3]; Yang, Fulin ^[3]; Mauder, Matthias ^[1]

Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany). Inst. of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU)
Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany). Inst. of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Weizmann Inst. of Science, Rehovot (Israel). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Faculty of Chemistry

Here, we investigate the effects of an isolated meso-$$\gamma$$-scale surface heterogeneity for roughness and albedo on the atmospheric boundary-layer (ABL) height, with a case study at a semi-arid forest surrounded by sparse shrubland (forest area: 28 km², forest length in the main wind direction: 7 km). Doppler lidar and ceilometer measurements at this semi-arid forest show an increase in the ABL height over the forest compared with the shrubland on four out of eight days. The differences in the ABL height between shrubland and forest are explained for all days with a model that assumes a linear growth of the internal boundary layer of the forest through the convective ABL upwind of the forest followed by a square-root growth into the stable free atmosphere. For the environmental conditions that existed during our measurements, the increase in ABL height due to large sensible heat fluxes from the forest (600 W~m^-2 in summer) is subdued by stable stratification in the free atmosphere above the ABL, or reduced by high wind speeds in the mixed layer.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: German Research Foundation (DFG); Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres; Israel Science Foundation (ISF); Jewish National Fund Keren Kayemet Leisrael (JNF-KKL); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1467258

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--17-22652

Journal Information:: Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Journal Name: Boundary-Layer Meteorology Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 169; ISSN 0006-8314

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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