Estimating the Maximum Vertical Velocity at the Leading Edge of a Density Current
Estimating the Maximum Vertical Velocity at the Leading Edge of a Density Current
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估计密度电流前沿的最大垂直速度
DOI:
10.1175/jas-d-20-0028.1
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Chasteen, Manda B.
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作者:
Reif, Dylan W.;Bluestein, Howard B.;Weckwerth, Tammy M.;Wienhoff, Zachary B.;Chasteen, Manda B.
The maximum upward vertical velocity at the leading edge of a density current is commonly <10 m s−1. Studies of the vertical velocity, however, are relatively few, in part owing to the dearth of high-spatiotemporal-resolution observations. During the Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) field project, a mobile Doppler lidar measured a maximum vertical velocity of 13 m s−1at the leading edge of a density current created by a mesoscale convective system during the night of 15 July 2015. Two other vertically pointing instruments recorded 8 m s−1vertical velocities at the leading edge of the density current on the same night. This study describes the structure of the density current and attempts to estimate the maximum vertical velocity at their leading edges using the following properties: the density current depth, the slope of its head, and its perturbation potential temperature. The method is then be applied to estimate the maximum vertical velocity at the leading edge of density currents using idealized numerical simulations conducted in neutral and stable atmospheres with resting base states and in neutral and stable atmospheres with vertical wind shear. After testing this method on idealized simulations, this method is then used to estimate the vertical velocity at the leading edge of density currents documented in several previous studies. It was found that the maximum vertical velocity can be estimated to within 10%–15% of the observed or simulated maximum vertical velocity and indirectly accounts for parameters including environmental wind shear and static stability.
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Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS)
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