Utilization of High-Resolution Boundary Layer Radar and Wavelet to Detect Microscale Downdraft-Updraft Combination
Utilization of High-Resolution Boundary Layer Radar and Wavelet to Detect Microscale Downdraft-Updraft Combination
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DOI:
10.2151/sola.2021-010
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发表时间:
2021-02
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影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
G. A. Nugroho;K. Yamaguchi;E. Nakakita;Masayuki K. Yamamoto;S. Kawamura
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作者:
G. A. Nugroho;K. Yamaguchi;E. Nakakita;Masayuki K. Yamamoto;S. Kawamura
High-resolution boundary layer radar (BLR) and wavelet are utilized to observe microscale downdraft-updraft combinations. High-resolution BLR can observe thermal activity that pushed the stable layer. During this thermal, a combination of downdraft-updraft was also observed. A detailed observation of this com- bination was conducted in this study. Using a 1-dimensional continuous wavelet transform with Paul wavelet, we could quan- tify this downdraft-updraft combination based on the height and period. Using this quantification and wavelet variance in different weather conditions, we showed the essential period from 0 to 0.25 min, 2 to 4 min, and 4 to 8 min of this microscale downdraft- updraft combination. Utilization high-resolution boundary layer and wavelet to velocity measured by the advanced BLR in three different weather conditions is then examined using CWT 1D based on scale and height. The quantified number of occurrence and wavelet variance showed that the downdraft-updraft structure has a suitable period from 0 to 0.25 min, 2 to 4 min, and 4 to 8 min. Detailed analysis of the variance in every height is needed in future studies. An appropriate mother wavelet combined with vertical wind velocity from high-resolution BLR can identify the downdraft-updraft combination on a nine-day dataset (different weather conditions) in this study. This technique added with analysis of both power spectrum and variance could determine the period and quantified the number of occurrences. This information is essen tial for understanding the downdraft-updraft behavior related to the boundary layer microscale condition, especially in convective conditions.