Abstract
The effects of sea-breeze interactions with synoptic forcing on the PBL height over complex terrain are investigated through the use of a 3-D mesoscale numerical model. Two of the results are as follows. First, steep PBL height gradients-order of 1500 m over a grid interval of 10 km - are associated with the sea-breeze front and are enhanced by the topography. Second, a significant horizontal shift in the maximum PBL height relative to the mountains, is induced by a corresponding displacement of the thermal ridge due to the mountains, in the presence of large scale flow.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 129-142 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Boundary-Layer Meteorology |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1993 |