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DOI | 10.1029/2020JD032810 |
The Orinoco Low-Level Jet: An Investigation of Its Mechanisms of Formation Using the WRF Model | |
Jiménez-Sánchez G.; Markowski P.M.; Young G.S.; Stensrud D.J. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 2169897X |
卷号 | 125期号:13 |
英文摘要 | The Orinoco low-level jet (OLLJ) is characterized using finer horizontal, vertical, and temporal resolution than possible in previous studies via dynamical downscaling. The investigation relies on a 5-month-long simulation (November 2013 to March 2014) performed with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, with initial and boundary conditions provided by the Global Forecast System (GFS) analysis. Dynamical downscaling is demonstrated to be an effective method not only to better resolve the horizontal and vertical characteristics of the OLLJ but also to determine the mechanisms leading to its formation. The OLLJ is a single stream tube over Colombia and Venezuela with wind speeds greater than 8 m s−1 and four distinctive cores of higher wind speeds varying in height under the influence of sloping terrain. It is an austral summer phenomenon that exhibits its seasonal maximum wind speed and largest spatial extent (2,100 km × 450 km) in January. The maximum diurnal mean wind speeds (13–17 m s−1) at each core location occur at different times during the night and early morning (2300–0900 LST). The momentum balance analysis in a natural coordinate system reveals that the OLLJ results from four phenomena acting together to accelerate the wind: a sea breeze penetration, katabatic flow, three expansion fans, and diurnal variation of turbulent diffusivity. The latter, in contrast to the heavily studied nocturnal low-level jet in the U.S. Great Plains region, plays a secondary role in OLLJ acceleration. These results imply that LLJs near the equator may originate from processes other than the inertial oscillation and topographic thermal forcing. ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
英文关键词 | dynamical downscaling; forcing mechanisms; LLJs near the equator may originate from processes other than the inertial oscillation; LLJs near the equator may originate from processes other than topographic thermal forcing; momentum balance analysis; Orinoco low-level jet |
语种 | 英语 |
来源期刊 | Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/185942 |
作者单位 | Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States; Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, Bogota, Colombia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jiménez-Sánchez G.,Markowski P.M.,Young G.S.,et al. The Orinoco Low-Level Jet: An Investigation of Its Mechanisms of Formation Using the WRF Model[J],2020,125(13). |
APA | Jiménez-Sánchez G.,Markowski P.M.,Young G.S.,&Stensrud D.J..(2020).The Orinoco Low-Level Jet: An Investigation of Its Mechanisms of Formation Using the WRF Model.Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,125(13). |
MLA | Jiménez-Sánchez G.,et al."The Orinoco Low-Level Jet: An Investigation of Its Mechanisms of Formation Using the WRF Model".Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125.13(2020). |
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