Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles Give Insight into Winter Evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica
Measuring routine vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature is critical in understanding stability and the dynamics of the boundary layer. Routine monitoring in remote areas such as the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) of Antarctica is logistically difficult and expensive. Pseudovertical profiles that w...
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ftunivwaikato:oai:researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz:10289/8005 2023-05-15T14:00:59+02:00 Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles Give Insight into Winter Evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica Zawar-Reza, Peyman Katurji, Marwan Soltanzadeh, Iman Dallafior, Tanja Zhong, Shiyuan Steinhoff, Daniel Storey, Bryan Cary, S. Craig 2013 https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8005 https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-034.1 en eng Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-034.1 Zawar-Reza, P., Katurji, M., Soltanzadeh, I., Dallafior, T., Zhong, S., ., Cary, S. C. (2013). Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles Give Insight into Winter Evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 52(7), 1664-1669. https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8005 doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-13-034.1 boundary layer cold pools inversions valley/mountain flows soil temperature stability Journal Article 2013 ftunivwaikato https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-034.1 2022-03-29T15:13:13Z Measuring routine vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature is critical in understanding stability and the dynamics of the boundary layer. Routine monitoring in remote areas such as the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) of Antarctica is logistically difficult and expensive. Pseudovertical profiles that were derived from a network of inexpensive ground temperature sensors planted on valley sidewalls (up to 330 m above valley floor), together with data from a weather station and a numerical weather prediction model, provided a long-term climatological description of the evolution of the winter boundary layer over the MDV. In winter, persistent valley cold pools (VCPs) were common, lasting up to 2 weeks. The VCPs were eroded by warm-air advection from aloft associated with strong winds, increasing the temperature of the valley by as much as 25 K. Pseudovertical datasets as described here can be used for model validation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Antarctica Journal McMurdo Dry Valleys The University of Waikato: Research Commons McMurdo Dry Valleys Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 52 7 1664 1669 |
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Measuring routine vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature is critical in understanding stability and the dynamics of the boundary layer. Routine monitoring in remote areas such as the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) of Antarctica is logistically difficult and expensive. Pseudovertical profiles that were derived from a network of inexpensive ground temperature sensors planted on valley sidewalls (up to 330 m above valley floor), together with data from a weather station and a numerical weather prediction model, provided a long-term climatological description of the evolution of the winter boundary layer over the MDV. In winter, persistent valley cold pools (VCPs) were common, lasting up to 2 weeks. The VCPs were eroded by warm-air advection from aloft associated with strong winds, increasing the temperature of the valley by as much as 25 K. Pseudovertical datasets as described here can be used for model validation. |
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Zawar-Reza, Peyman Katurji, Marwan Soltanzadeh, Iman Dallafior, Tanja Zhong, Shiyuan Steinhoff, Daniel Storey, Bryan Cary, S. Craig |
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Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles Give Insight into Winter Evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica |
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Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles Give Insight into Winter Evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica |
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Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles Give Insight into Winter Evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica |
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Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles Give Insight into Winter Evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica |
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Pseudovertical Temperature Profiles Give Insight into Winter Evolution of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica |
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pseudovertical temperature profiles give insight into winter evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer over the mcmurdo dry valleys of antarctica |
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