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| The turbulent structure of the clear and cloud-topped convective boundary layer over land | |
| Chandra;Arunchandra | |
| 出版年 | 2013 |
| 学位授予单位 | McGill University |
| 英文摘要 | Over land, the daytime evolution of the convective boundary layer (CBL) is driven by the strong surface forcing evolution. Recent modeling studies have demonstrated that models cannot capture the observed evolution because of difficulty to represent turbulent processes in CBL and shallow cumulus clouds. The purpose of this thesis is to advance our understanding of the structure of clear and cloudy boundary layer over land by providing observational evidence using long-term dataset. Specifically, it focuses on documenting the turbulent structure and properties of CBL and FWC using observations at the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) Climate Research Facility. First, Doppler velocity measurements from insects occupying the lowest 2 km of the boundary layer during summer months are used to map the vertical velocity component in the CBL. The observations cover four summer periods (2004–08) and are classified into cloudy and clear boundary layer conditions. A conditional sampling method is applied to the original Doppler velocity data set to extract coherent vertical velocity structures and to examine plume dimension and its contribution to the total turbulent transport. Profiles of vertical velocity variance, skewness, and mass flux are estimated to study the daytime evolution of the convective boundary layer during these conditions. The properties of summer time FWC clouds are analyzed using the long data record (14–year) of ground-based MMCR (Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar) observations at the ARM facility at the SGP site to document the macroscopic and dynamical properties of FWC clouds. Doppler velocities are processed for lower reflectivity thresholds that contain small cloud droplets having insignificant terminal velocities; thus Doppler velocities used as tracers of air motion. A fuzzy-logic based algorithmis developed to eliminate insect radar echoes in the boundary layer that hinder our ability to develop representative cloud statistics. The refined data set is used to document composite daytime evolution of cloud vertical velocity statistics, surface parameters and profiles of updraft and downdraft fractions, updraft and downdraft velocity, and updraft mass fluxes. Statistics on the cloud geometrical properties such as, cloud thickness, cloud chord length, cloud spacing and aspect ratios are calculated on the cloud scale. Lastly, some of the updraft aspects in existing mass-flux parameterizations are tested using the recent observations from Doppler lidar deployed since Midlatitude Continental Convective Cloud Experiment (MC3E). The updraft aspects from two existing mass-flux schemes are evaluated with the Doppler lidar vertical velocity observations to test its applicability over land. The vertical velocity observations in the subcloud layer are analyzed for various cloud conditions by separately decomposing into clear and cloudy regions, and for various cloud fractions to investigate the role of clouds on the subcloud structure. Sur les continents, l'évolution diurne de la couche limite convective (CLC) est entrainée par l'évolution des forçages de surface. Les modélisations récentes ont démontré que les modèles ne peuvent pas capturer l'évolution observée en raison des difficultés pour représenter les processus turbulents dans les nuages cumulus de la CLC et peu profonde. Le but de cette thèse est de faire progresser notre compréhension de la structure de la couche limite claire et nuageuse sur les terres en fournissant des données d'observation à long terme et en utilisant un ensemble de données. Plus précisément, elle met l'accent sur la documentation de la structure turbulente et les propriétés de la CLC et des cumulus de beau temps (CBT) à l'aide d'observation acquise au site de recherches « Southern Great Plains » (SGP) du programme « Atmospheric Radiation Measurement » (ARM) du Département américain de l'énergie. Premièrement, les mesure |
| 英文关键词 | Earth Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences |
| 语种 | 法语 |
| URL | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=114422 |
| 来源机构 | McGill University |
| 资源类型 | 学位论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/247314 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chandra;Arunchandra. The turbulent structure of the clear and cloud-topped convective boundary layer over land[D]. McGill University,2013. |
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