Exchange processes in the atmospheric boundary layer over mountainous terrain

S Serafin, B Adler, J Cuxart, SFJ De Wekker, A Gohm… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
The exchange of heat, momentum, and mass in the atmosphere over mountainous terrain is
controlled by synoptic-scale dynamics, thermally driven mesoscale circulations, and …

Convective boundary layer heights over mountainous terrain—a review of concepts

SFJ De Wekker, M Kossmann - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Mountainous terrain exerts an important influence on the Earth's atmosphere and affects
atmospheric transport and mixing at a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. The …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of sea breeze propagation on the urban boundary layer of the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, Brazil

FND Ribeiro, AP de Oliveira, J Soares… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermally driven circulations over urban areas, such as sea, lake, and land breezes and
mountain-valley and urban heat island (UHI) circulations, strongly determine local weather …

The thermally driven diurnal wind system of the Adige Valley in the Italian Alps

L Giovannini, L Laiti, S Serafin… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Adige Valley is one of the major corridors connecting the Po Plain with the inner Alps. A
series of permanent weather stations and one wind profiler provide regular monitoring of air …

Multi-scale evaluation of a 3D lake model forced by an atmospheric model against standard monitoring data

M Amadori, L Giovannini, M Toffolon… - … Modelling & Software, 2021 - Elsevier
Evaluating a three-dimensional lake model requires large datasets of many variables,
including velocity fields, that are seldom available. Here we discuss how to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Intercomparison of Machine Learning Models for Spatial Downscaling of Daily Mean Temperature in Complex Terrain

S Bhakare, S Dal Gesso, M Venturini, D Zardi… - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
We compare three machine learning models—artificial neural network (ANN), random forest
(RF), and convolutional neural network (CNN)—for spatial downscaling of temperature at 2 …

Correlation analysis of evapotranspiration, emissivity contrast and water deficit indices: A case study in four eddy covariance sites in italy with different environmental …

M Torresani, G Masiello, N Vendrame, G Gerosa… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Evapotranspiration (ET) represents one of the essential processes controlling the exchange
of energy by terrestrial vegetation, providing a strong connection between energy and water …

Climatological characteristics of the Ora del Garda wind in the Alps

L Giovannini, L Laiti, D Zardi… - International Journal of …, 2015 - iris.unitn.it
Abstract The Ora del Garda is a coupled lake and valley breeze regularly blowing from the
northern shorelines of Lake Garda, in the Italian Alps, especially during warm-season clear …

Wind variability and Earth's rotation as drivers of transport in a deep, elongated subalpine lake: the case of Lake Garda

M Amadori, S Piccolroaz, L Giovannini, D Zardi… - Journal of …, 2018 - iris.unitn.it
The effects of wind forcing and Earth's rotation on the transport processes in Lake Garda
(Italy) are investigated for the first time under different thermal stratification conditions and …