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DOI	10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.03.012
	Forecasting of poor visibility episodes in the vicinity of Tenerife Norte Airport
	Fernández-González S.; Bolgiani P.; Fernández-Villares J.; González P.; García-Gil A.; Suárez J.C.; Merino A.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0169-8095
起始页码	49
结束页码	59
卷号	223
英文摘要	Aviation safety is a priority that may be compromised by adverse weather conditions. This is the case for poor visibility in the vicinity of airports, which can pose a risk during takeoff and landing. For airports that are prone to fog because of their location, an accurate forecast of poor-visibility episodes is vital. However, the forecasting of low clouds is still a challenge in numerical weather prediction, especially when an airport is near complex terrain for which the use of non-hydrostatic mesoscale models is mandatory. All these factors are present at Tenerife Norte Airport, which is commonly affected by poor visibility from low clouds related to persistent trade winds and moist flows from the Atlantic Ocean. In this paper, several methods for estimating visibility based on mesoscale model outputs are tested. Use of the HARMONIE-AROME model is encouraged because of its excellent performance in the detection of poor-visibility episodes (False Alarm Ratio = 0.34–0.38; Frequency Of Misses = 0.22–0.38, depending on the model version and method used). In addition, the use of satellite application facilities is proposed for the nowcasting of low clouds affecting the airport area. Specifically, we used products that estimate cloud type, cloud top altitude, and integrated water vapor content in the boundary layer. Finally, an application is presented for the monitoring of weather conditions in real time to estimate poor-visibility risk. © 2019
英文关键词	Aviation safety; Fog; Mesoscale modelling; MSG; Poor visibility
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Aviation; Boundary layers; Fog; Meteorology; Risk perception; Safety engineering; Visibility; Weather forecasting; Aviation safety; Integrated water vapors; Meso-scale modeling; Meso-scale models; Mesoscale modelling; Numerical weather prediction; Poor visibility; Satellite application facilities; Airports; airport; atmospheric modeling; fog; transportation safety; visibility; weather forecasting; Canary Islands; Santa Cruz de Tenerife [(PRV) Canary Islands]; Spain; Tenerife
来源期刊	Atmospheric Research
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/162060
作者单位	State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), Spain; Department of Earth Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Physics, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Atmospheric Physics Group, Environmental Institute, University of León, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fernández-González S.,Bolgiani P.,Fernández-Villares J.,et al. Forecasting of poor visibility episodes in the vicinity of Tenerife Norte Airport[J],2019,223.
APA	Fernández-González S..,Bolgiani P..,Fernández-Villares J..,González P..,García-Gil A..,...&Merino A..(2019).Forecasting of poor visibility episodes in the vicinity of Tenerife Norte Airport.Atmospheric Research,223.
MLA	Fernández-González S.,et al."Forecasting of poor visibility episodes in the vicinity of Tenerife Norte Airport".Atmospheric Research 223(2019).