Atmospheric Interactions with Complex Terrain

大气与复杂地形的相互作用

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-05784
• 负责人: Jackson, Peter
• 金额: $ 2.84万
• 依托单位: University of Northern British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=654399
• 关键词: Atmospheric; Interactions; Complex; Terrain

I am a meteorologist who studies the interaction between the atmosphere and complex terrain such as mountains, valleys and coastlines. I am interested in the fundamental dynamical and climatological interactions, as well as environmental applications of this work such as the movement of airborne biota and the transport of air pollutants. This proposal is to continue and extend current work on the following themes:***• Airflow Dynamics to assess offshore wind power production potential along Canada's west coast (with PhD student Bakri) using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, buoys and models.***• Air Quality to determine the contribution of air pollution sources to the air we breathe in a multi-pronged approach. Working with PhD student Tereshchak, we will test recently developed low-cost continuous air quality sensors in Canadian field conditions and integrate these into a multi-pollutant mobile monitoring platform that will be deployed at multiple fixed locations as well as on a vehicle and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to map air quality across an area. Using state-of-the-art air quality models, with PhD student Onwukwe, we will work to understand current and future threats to air quality in northwest BC due to future development of the Liquified Natural Gas industry. With PhD student Islam, using satellite remote sensing of methane and a global chemical transport model, we will obtain an independent top-down estimate of methane emissions from the oil and gas development regions of western Canada. As methane is an important and potent greenhouse gas, this will contribute to understanding Canada's greenhouse gas emissions and to meeting the targeted 40-45% reductions in the gas, arising from the recent Canada-US agreement.***• Movement of Aerial Biota by the Wind to predict the movement of Mountain Pine Beetles from one year to the next by understanding the meteorology that controls when they emerge and the winds that carry them (with collaborator Chen). This will result in a model to predict the movement of the epidemic from one year to the next.***• Meteorological Drivers of Glacier Mass Balance to understand how winter snow and its transformation and redistribution acts to nourish glaciers in the Columbia basin (with co-supervised PhD student Mortezapour and collaborator Menounos). This will contribute to modelling the fate of alpine glaciers due to a changing climate.

我是一名气象学家，他研究了大气与复杂地形之间的相互作用，例如山脉，山谷和海岸线。我对基本动态和气候相互作用以及这项工作的环境应用感兴趣，例如机载生物群的运动和空气污染物的运输。该建议是要继续进行以下主题的当前工作：***气流动态，以评估使用合成的孔径雷达（SAR）数据，浮标和模型来评估加拿大西海岸（具有博士生Bakri）的海上风能生产潜力。与博士生Tereshchak合作，我们将测试最近在加拿大现场条件下开发的低成本连续空气质量传感器，并将其集成到多污染物的移动监控平台中，该平台将部署在多个固定位置以及在车辆上，无人驾驶的航空车辆，以在整个区域绘制空气质量。使用最先进的空气质量模型，借助博士生Onwukwe，我们将努力了解卑诗省西北部空气质量的当前和未来威胁，这是由于未来的液化天然气行业的发展。利用甲烷的卫星遥感和全球化学运输模型的卫星远程灵敏度，我们将获得对加拿大西部石油和天然气开发区域的甲烷排放的独立自上而下的估计。由于甲烷是一种重要且潜在的温室气体，这将有助于理解加拿大的温室气体排放，并满足目标的40-45％降低的气体，这是由于最近的加拿大 - 美国协议（Canada-US）协议所引起的。***风风起组于风能通过一年的山脉运动到下一年的山脉运动，以了解山地的甲壳动作，从而使他们在控制者的情况下进行控制，而在他们的控制者中进行了控制。这将导致一个模型，以预测流行病从一年到下一年的运动。***冰川质量平衡的气象驱动因素，以了解冬季雪及其转化和重新分布的行为如何滋养哥伦比亚盆地的冰川（与共同审查的Phd学生Mortezapour和合作者Menounos一起）。由于气候变化，这将有助于建模高山冰川的命运。