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DOI | 10.1002/2017GL073105 |
Impact of sea surface temperature on stratiform cloud formation over the North Sea | |
Fallmann, Joachim; Lewis, Huw; Castillo, Juan M.; Arnold, Alex; Ramsdale, Steven | |
2017-05-16 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 44期号:9 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | This study presents a numerical simulation assessing the effect of dynamical ocean-atmosphere coupling on the structure of the marine atmospheric boundary layer over the southern North Sea. Using a high-resolution regional coupled ocean-atmosphere prediction system, with a coupling frequency of 1h, a diurnal variation of sea surface temperature simulated by the ocean model is applied to the atmosphere component. This results in a surface warming in the coupled compared to an atmosphere-only run. Shallow convection initiated by heating of the lower atmosphere by a relatively warmer ocean surface leads local formation of low level clouds between 1300h and 1700h in the coupled run. The impact of these clouds in reflecting incoming solar radiation is demonstrated through a relative cooling of the sea surface temperature in the coupled simulation compared to an ocean-only run forced by an atmosphere-only run without representation of ocean-atmosphere interactions. Plain Language Summary This paper describes a numerical modeling study, where a weather forecasting model is used on a kilometer scale over the North Sea in order to test the impact of the sea surface temperature on local weather phenomena. A new approach is applied, where an atmospheric model is directly coupled to an ocean model and run for a 5day case study in July 2014. Over the time of the day, the temperature of the surface increases with increasing incoming radiation, heat is transferred from a warm surface to the atmosphere, and low level clouds develop over the North Sea. This effect is not to be seen when applying the atmospheric model alone without feedback to the ocean. Being closer to the observations in this area, the coupled model system is considered to improve local weather forecasts in the area of interest. |
英文关键词 | sea surface temperature stratiform clouds ocean-atmosphere coupling high resolution North Sea marine boundary layer |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000402143700040 |
WOS关键词 | EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE ; CLIMATE MODEL ; OCEAN ; ATMOSPHERE ; PREDICTION ; WEATHER ; SYSTEM ; GULF ; PROPAGATION ; TURBULENCE |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/27203 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | UK Met Off, Exeter, Devon, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Fallmann, Joachim,Lewis, Huw,Castillo, Juan M.,et al. Impact of sea surface temperature on stratiform cloud formation over the North Sea[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2017,44(9). |
APA | Fallmann, Joachim,Lewis, Huw,Castillo, Juan M.,Arnold, Alex,&Ramsdale, Steven.(2017).Impact of sea surface temperature on stratiform cloud formation over the North Sea.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,44(9). |
MLA | Fallmann, Joachim,et al."Impact of sea surface temperature on stratiform cloud formation over the North Sea".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44.9(2017). |
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