Understanding Processes Controlling the Temporal and Spatial Variations of PBL Structures Over the ARM SGP Site
- University of Colorado Boulder; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO (United States)
- University of Colorado, Boulder; State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States)
The surface heat, moisture, and momentum fluxes are transferred to the atmosphere above through the planetary boundary layer (PBL), where vertical mixing due to turbulent eddies of different sizes plays critical roles. Therefore, reliably representing PBL processes in numerical models is critical for weather, climate, and air quality prediction. Currently, there are over ten PBL schemes that are selectable within the advanced research version of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, indicative of the challenges in capturing the impacts of turbulence within the PBL in models. Further improvements in PBL parameterizations are needed for both weather and climate models, as emphasized in many recent national reports, but require an advanced understanding of the underlying boundary layer processes from observations. This project takes advantage of Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) investments in the atmospheric boundary layer observations and Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) simulations to characterize PBL structures, understand key physical processes controlling the mixed layer development, and to evaluate PBL parameterization.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0020171
- OSTI ID:
- 2480894
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-CUB-SC--0020171
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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