Stably stratified atmospheric boundary layers

L Mahrt - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Atmospheric boundary layers with weak stratification are relatively well described by
similarity theory and numerical models for stationary horizontally homogeneous conditions …

Mineral dust aerosols over the Sahara: Meteorological controls on emission and transport and implications for modeling

P Knippertz, MC Todd - Reviews of Geophysics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric mineral dust has recently become an important research field in Earth system
science because of its impacts on radiation, clouds, atmospheric dynamics and chemistry …

[HTML][HTML] Stable atmospheric boundary layers and diurnal cycles: challenges for weather and climate models

AAM Holtslag, G Svensson, P Baas… - Bulletin of the …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layers and Diurnal Cycles: Challenges for Weather and Climate
Models in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 94 Issue 11 (2013) Jump to …

[HTML][HTML] 100 years of progress in boundary layer meteorology

MA LeMone, WM Angevine… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Over the last 100 years, boundary layer meteorology grew from the subject of mostly near-
surface observations to a field encompassing diverse atmospheric boundary layers (ABLs) …

[HTML][HTML] A unified theory for the Great Plains nocturnal low-level jet

A Shapiro, E Fedorovich… - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
A Unified Theory for the Great Plains Nocturnal Low-Level Jet in: Journal of the Atmospheric
Sciences Volume 73 Issue 8 (2016) Jump to Content Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Climatology of nocturnal low‐level jets over North Africa and implications for modeling mineral dust emission

S Fiedler, K Schepanski, B Heinold… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the first climatology for the dust emission amount associated with
Nocturnal Low‐Level Jets (NLLJs) in North Africa. These wind speed maxima near the top of …

Evaluation of the weather research and forecasting mesoscale model for GABLS3: impact of boundary-layer schemes, boundary conditions and spin-up

MA Kleczek, GJ Steeneveld, AAM Holtslag - Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2014 - Springer
We evaluated the performance of the three-dimensional Weather Research and Forecasting
(WRF) mesoscale model, specifically the performance of the planetary boundary-layer (PBL) …

[HTML][HTML] Gravity waves and wind-farm efficiency in neutral and stable conditions

D Allaerts, J Meyers - Boundary-layer meteorology, 2018 - Springer
We use large-eddy simulations (LES) to investigate the impact of stable stratification on
gravity-wave excitation and energy extraction in a large wind farm. To this end, the …

Meteorology and dust in the central Sahara: Observations from Fennec supersite‐1 during the June 2011 Intensive Observation Period

JH Marsham, M Hobby, CJT Allen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We describe observations from the Fennec supersite at Bordj Badji Mokhtar (BBM) made
during the June 2011 Fennec Intensive Observation Period. These are the first detailed in …

[HTML][HTML] Fifty years of atmospheric boundary-layer research at Cabauw serving weather, air quality and climate

FC Bosveld, P Baas, ACM Beljaars… - Boundary-Layer …, 2020 - Springer
An overview is given of 50-year Cabauw observations and research on the structure and
dynamics of the atmospheric boundary layer. It is shown that over time this research site with …