Climate changes and their elevational patterns in the mountains of the world

NC Pepin, E Arnone, A Gobiet, K Haslinger… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying rates of climate change in mountain regions is of considerable interest, not least
because mountains are viewed as climate “hotspots” where change can anticipate or …

Atmospheric boundary layer height from ground-based remote sensing: a review of capabilities and limitations

S Kotthaus, JA Bravo-Aranda… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) defines the volume of air adjacent to the Earth's
surface for the dilution of heat, moisture, and trace substances. Quantitative knowledge on …

Crossing multiple gray zones in the transition from mesoscale to microscale simulation over complex terrain

FK Chow, C Schär, N Ban, KA Lundquist, L Schlemmer… - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review paper explores the field of mesoscale to microscale modeling over complex
terrain as it traverses multiple so-called gray zones. In an attempt to bridge the gap between …

Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions

M Helbig, T Gerken, ER Beamesderfer… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Elsevier
The atmospheric boundary layer mediates the exchange of energy, matter, and momentum
between the land surface and the free troposphere, integrating a range of physical …

Current challenges in understanding and predicting transport and exchange in the atmosphere over mountainous terrain

M Lehner, MW Rotach - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Coupling of the earth's surface with the atmosphere is achieved through an exchange of
momentum, energy, and mass in the atmospheric boundary layer. In mountainous terrain …

Evaluation of real-time PM2. 5 forecasts with the WRF-CMAQ modeling system and weather-pattern-dependent bias-adjusted PM2. 5 forecasts in Taiwan

FY Cheng, CY Feng, ZM Yang, CH Hsu… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
A real-time air quality forecasting (AQF) system was developed in Taiwan using the Weather
Research and Forecasting meteorological model and Community Multiscale Air Quality …

Atmospheric pollutant dispersion over complex terrain: Challenges and needs for improving air quality measurements and modeling

L Giovannini, E Ferrero, T Karl, MW Rotach, C Staquet… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pollutant dispersion processes over complex terrain are much more complicated than over
flat areas, as they are affected by atmospheric interactions with the orography at different …

“Gray zone” simulations using a three-dimensional planetary boundary layer parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

TW Juliano, B Kosović, PA Jiménez… - Monthly Weather …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Generating accurate weather forecasts of planetary boundary layer (PBL) properties is
challenging in many geographical regions, oftentimes due to complex topography or …

Supporting advancement in weather and water prediction in the upper Colorado River basin: The SPLASH campaign

G de Boer, A White, R Cifelli, J Intrieri… - Bulletin of the …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Water is a critical resource that causes significant challenges to inhabitants of the western
United States. These challenges are likely to intensify as the result of expanding population …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of flow fields in complex terrain with WRF-LES: Sensitivity assessment of different PBL treatments

Y Liu, Y Liu, D Muñoz-Esparza, F Hu… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Simulation of Flow Fields in Complex Terrain with WRF-LES: Sensitivity Assessment of Different
PBL Treatments in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 59 Issue 9 (2020) …