A Study of Planetary Boundary Layer Processes with Special Emphasis on Land Surface Energy Budget, Award in Indian and U.S. Currencies

说明：本项目提供了 Sethu拉曼博士， 海洋、地球和大气部 北卡罗来纳州州立大学 （NCSU）、罗利和A.帕布 印度大气科学中心 科学研究所（ISc）在班加罗尔。 他们 研究大气边界层的计划 热带地区的地表过程 特别强调应用于 农业和大气污染气象 气候模型和气候模型。 具体 目标是：研究平均和动荡 对流边界层结构 热带;研究平均和湍流结构 在热带地区的夜间边界层 这通常与稳定的 扩散非常有限的条件， 导致地面高浓度的 污染物;蒸散研究 不同作物和行星下的过程 边界层（PBL）条件;研究 科里奥利参数变化的影响 以问题为导向的学习过程， 在夜间层;并确定方法 将这些过程整合到中尺度 数值方法 主题：两位科学家 四年来， 拉曼博士的休假 他们都 在研究方面有广泛的资历 主题，两个研究所有广泛的 支持研究的能力。 班加罗尔最近被选为 印度政府为建立一个国家 边界层研究中心 米塔，这应该有助于这项研究。 研究领域有助于预测 不同条件下污染物的扩散 条件，并应有利于 美国和印度。

Description: This project provides for the collaboration between Dr. Sethu Raman, of the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, and Dr. A. Prabhu of the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science (ISc)in Bangalore. They plan to study the atmospheric boundary layer and the land surface processes in the tropics with special emphasis on applications to agriculture and air pollution meteorological aspects and climate modeling. Specific objectives are: study the mean and turbulent structure of convective boundary layer in the tropics; study the mean and turbulent structure of the nocturnal boundary layer in the tropics which is normally associated with stable conditions with very limited diffusion and can lead to high ground concentrations of pollutants; study the evapo-transpiration processes under different crop and planetary boundary layer (PBL) conditions; study the effect of the changes in the coriolis parameter on the PBL processes with particular emphasis on the nocturnal layer; and determine methods of incorporating these processes in mesoscale numerical methods. Scope: The two scientists have been interacting for about four years including a sabbatical by Dr. Raman at the IISc. They both have extensive qualifications in the research topics, and the two institutes have extensive capabilities to support the research. Bangalore has recently been selected by the Government of India for establishing a national center for boundary layer studies with a 300 meter tower, which should aid this research. The area of study is useful in predicting diffusion of pollutants under various conditions, and should be of benefit to the U.S. and India.