期刊
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
卷 24, 期 20, 页码 5416-5422出版社
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4061.1
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资金
- National Science Foundation
- CIEMAT [09/490]
- NCAR [09/153]
- [CGL-2008-05093/CLI]
- [PSE-120000-2008-9]
Variations in the diurnal wind pattern associated with heat waves and drought conditions are investigated climatologically at a regional level (northeast of the Iberian Peninsula). The study, based on high-density observational evidence and fine spatial-scale mesoscale modeling for the 1992-2004 period, shows that wind speed can decrease up to 22% under situations characterized by extremely high temperatures and severe drought, such as the European summer of 2003. By examining the role of the different atmospheric scales of motion that determine the wind diurnal variability, it is found that the 2003 synoptic conditions are the main driver for changes in the wind speed field. In turn, these changes are modulated by mesoscale circulations influenced by the soil moisture availability. The results have implications for broad regional modeling studies of current climate and climate change simulations in as much as the study demonstrates that a correct representation of local soil moisture conditions impacts atmospheric circulation and therefore the regional climate state.
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