Characterization of sea/land breeze circulation along the west coast of Indian sub-continent during pre-monsoon season

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-378

  Rani, S Indira ^a   Ramachandran, Radhika ^b   Subrahamanyam, D Bala ^a   Alappattu, Denny P ^a   Kunhikrishnan, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b ISRO Technical Liaison Unit ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Convective Boundary Layer; High resolution Regional Model (HRM); Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB); Sea Breeze Component; Sea Land Breeze Circulation

Indexed keywords

BREEZE CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN FOR AEROSOLS, GASES AND RADIATION BUDGET (ICARB); RADIATION BUDGET; REGIONAL MODEL; SEA BREEZE; SEA BREEZE COMPONENT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; LANDFORMS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LAND BREEZE; SEA BREEZE;

INDIA;

EID: 75849121449     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Alappattu D.P., Subrahamanyam D.B., Kunhikrishnan P.K., Radhika R., Somayaji K.M., Venkatesh R., Bhat G.S., and Singh A.B. Spatio-temporal variability of surface-layer turbulent fluxes over the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea during the ICARB field experiment. Boundary-Layer Meteorology (2008) 10.1007/s10546-007-9233-2
2. Arritt R.W. The effect of water surface temperature on lake breezes and Thermal Internal Boundary Layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 40 (1987) 101-125
3. Batchvarova E., and Gryning S.E. Wind climatology, atmospheric turbulence and internal boundary layer development in Athens during the MEDCAPHOT-TRACE experiment. Atmospheric Environment 32 12 (1998) 2055-2069
4. Bechtold P.J., Pinty P., and Mascart P. A numerical investigation of the influence of large-scale winds on sea breeze and inland-breeze-type circulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology 30 (1991) 1268-1279
5. Buckley R.L., and Kurzeja R.J. An observational and numerical study of the nocturnal sea breeze, part I: structure and circulation. Journal of Applied Meteorology 36 (1997) 1577-1598
6. Burridge D.M. A split semi-implicit reformulation of the Bushby-Timpson 10-level model. Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society 101 430 (1975) 777-792
7. Buss S., Hertzog A., Hostettler C., Bui T.P., Lüthi D., and Wernli H. Analysis of a jet stream induced gravity wave associated with an observed stratospheric ice cloud over Greenland. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 4 (2004) 1183-1200
8. Cai X.M., and Steyn D.G. Modelling study of sea breezes in a complex coastal environment. Atmospheric Environment 34 (2000) 2873-2885
9. Chiba O. Variability of the sea-breeze front from SODAR measurements. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 82 (1997) 165-174
10. Chiba O., Kobayashi F., Naito G., and Sassa K. Helicopter observations of the sea breeze over a coastal area. Journal of Applied Meteorology 38 (1999) 481-492
11. Davies H.C. A lateral boundary formulation for multi-level prediction models. Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society 102 432 (1976) 405-418
12. Doms G., and Schättler U. The Non Hydrostatic Limited-area Model LM of DWD. Part 1; Scientific Documentation (2003), Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
13. Estoque M.A. The sea breeze as a function of the prevailing synoptic situation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 19 (1962) 244-250
14. Fredrick K.L., and Edward J.T. The Atmosphere - An Introduction to Meteorology (1979), Prentice Hall
15. Gross G. A numerical study of the land and sea breeze including cloud formation. Beitrage Zur Physik Der Atmosphare 59 1 (1986) 97-114
16. Hadi T.W., Horinouchi T., Tsuda T., Hashiguchi H., and Fuhao S. Sea-breeze circulation over Jakarta, Indonesia: a climatology based on boundary layer observations. Monthly Weather Review 130 (2002) 2153-2166
17. Heise H., and Schrodin R. Aspects of snow and soil modelling in the operational short-range weather prediction models of the German Weather Service. Special Issue: Proceedings of the International Conference on Modelling, Databases and Information Systems for Atmospheric Science (MODAS), Irkutsk, Russia, June 25-29, 2001. J. Comput. Technol. 7 (2002) 121-140
18. Herzog H. Testing a radiative upper boundary condition in a nonlinear model with hybrid vertical coordinate. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 55 (1995) 185-204
19. Keen C.S., and Lyons W.A. Lake and land breeze circulations on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Journal of Applied Meteorology 17 (1978) 1843-1855
20. Kieu T.X., Vu T.H., and Le D. Rainfall forecast with improved high resolution regional Model-hrm & verification results in Vietnam. Geophysical Research Abstracts (2007) Doi: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-02633
21. Klara F. Inland and offshore propagation speeds of sea breeze from simulations and measurements. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 87 (1998) 307-329
22. Kottmeier C., Palacio-Sese P., Kalthoff N., Corsmeiser U., and Fiedler F. Sea breezes and coastal jets in southern Spain. International Journal of Climatology 20 (2000) 1791-1808
23. Kozo T.L. An observational study of sea breezes along the Alaskan Beaufort sea coast: Part I. Journal of Applied Meteorology 21 (1982) 891-905
24. Kunhikrishnan P.K., and Nair S.M. ISRO-GBP: GCS-02: 98 (1998) 385 pp
25. Kunhikrishnan P.K., Nair K.N., Sen Gupta K., Ramachandran R., and Prakash J.W.J. SODAR echo patterns and study of thermal plumes over Thumba. Mausam 41 (1990) 583-588
26. Kunhikrishnan P.K., Sen Gupta K., Ramachandran R., Prakash J.W.J., and Nair K.N. Structure of the Thermal Internal Boundary Layer over Thumba, India. Annales Geophysicae 11 (1993) 52-60
27. Liu H.C., Johnny L., and Cheng A.Y.S. Internal boundary layer structure under sea breeze conditions in Hong Kong. Atmospheric Environment 35 (2001) 683-692
28. Louis J.E. A parametric model of vertical eddy fluxes in the atmosphere. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 17 (1979) 187-202
29. Lynch P. The Dolph-Chebyshev window: a simple optimal filter. Monthly Weather Review 125 (1997) 655-660
30. Lyons W.A. The climatology and prediction of the Chicago lake breeze. Journal of Applied Meteorology 11 (1972) 1259-1270
31. Mahrer Y., and Pielke R.A. The effects of topography on sea and land breezes in a two-dimensional numerical model. Monthly Weather Review 105 (1977) 1151-1162
32. Majewski, D., 2007. HRM - User's Guide - For the HRM with the Multi-layer Soil Model. (Vrs. 2.1 and higher).
33. Majewski D., Liermann D., Prohl P., Ritter B., Buchhold M., Hanisch T., Paul G., Wergen W., and Baumgardner J. The operational global isosahedral-hexagonal gridpoint model GME: description and high-resolution tests. Monthly Weather Review 130 (2002) 319-333
34. McKendry I., and Roulet N. Sea breezes and advective effects in southwest James Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research 99 D1 (1994) 1623-1634
35. Melas D., Ziomas I.C., and Zerefos C.S. Boundary layer dynamics in an urban coastal environment under sea breeze conditions. Atmospheric Environment 29 24 (1995) 3605-3617
36. Mellor G.L., and Yamada T. A hierarchy of turbulence closure models for planetary boundary layers. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 31 (1974) 1791-1806
37. Müller, E., 1981. Turbulent flux parameterization in a regional-scale model. Proc. ECMWF Workshop on Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization, ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom, pp.193-220.
38. Nair K.N., Kunhikrishnan P.K., and Sen Gupta K. Study of vertical wind and temperature turbulence in a convective boundary layer from SODAR observations at Thumba, India. Journal of Radiation and Space Physics 18 (1989) 157-159
39. Nair K.N., Kunhikrishnan P.K., Ramachandran R., Sen Gupta K., and Prakash J.W.J. Surface layer studies using Tower-based Measurements at Thumba, India. Proceedings, International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans (1990), NPL, New Delhi, India 325-329
40. Narayanan V. An observational study of sea breeze at an equatorial coastal station. Indian Journal of Meteorology and Geophysics 18 (1967) 497-504
41. Neumann J., and Mahrer Y. A theoretical study of the land and sea breeze circulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 28 (1971) 532-542
42. Novitsky M., Reible D.D., and Corripio B.M. Modeling the dynamics of the land-sea breeze circulation for air quality modeling. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 59 (1992) 163-175
43. Ogawa Y., Ohara T., Wakamatsu S., Diosey P.G., and Uno I. Observation of lake breeze penetration and subsequent development of the thermal internal boundary layer for the NANTICOKE II shoreline diffusion experiment. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 35 (1986) 207-230
44. Ozoe H., Shibata T., Sayana H., and Veda H. Characteristics of air pollution in the presence of land sea breeze - a numerical simulation. Atmospheric Environment 17 (1983) 35-42
45. Parameswaran K. Influence of micrometeorological features on coastal boundary layer aerosol characteristics at the tropical station, Trivandrum. Proceedings of Indian Academy of Science (Earth Planet Science) 110 3 (2001) 247-265
46. Prakash J.W.J., Ramachandran R., Nair K.N., Sen Gupta K., and Kunhikrishnan P.K. On the structure of sea breeze front observed near the coastline of Thumba, India. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 59 (1992) 111-124
47. Prakash J.W.J., Ramachandran R., Nair K.N., Sen Gupta K., and Kunhikrishnan P.K. On the spectral behaviour of atmospheric boundary layer parameters at Thumba, India. Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society 119 (1993) 187-192
48. Radhika R., Prakash J.W.J., Sen Gupta K., Nair K.N., and Kunhikrishnan P.K. Variability of surface roughness and turbulence intensities at a coastal site in India. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 70 (1994) 385-400
49. Radhika R., Monhanty U.C., Sam N.V., and Das A.K. Evaluation and verification of simulations of winds using regional models MM5 and HRM at a launch site over South India. SPL Technical Report SPL: SR:01:2003 (2003)
50. Radhika R., Monhanty U.C., Sam N.V., Subrahamanyam D.B., and Krishnan P. Evaluation and verification of simulations of winds using regional models MM5 and HRM during GSLV launch. SPL Technical Report SPL: SR:02:2003 (2003)
51. Radhika R., Monhanty U.C., Pattanayak S., and Rani S.I. Verification of regional/mesoscale model simulations at SHAR in connection with the GSLV-F01 Launch on September20, 2004. SPL Scientific Report SPL: SR:002:04 (2004)
52. Radhika R., Monhanty U.C., Pattanayak S., Mandal M., and Rani S.I. Location specific forecast at Sriharikota during the launch of GSLV-F01. Current Science 91 3 (2006) 285-295
53. Radhika R., Subrahamanyam D.B., and Kunhikrishnan P.K. High resolution Regional Model (HRM) simulations of meteorological parameters over Sriharikota during PSLV-C7: a preliminary report. SPL Scientific Report (2007)
54. Rani S.I., Subrahamanyam D.B., Ramachandran R., and Kunhikrishnan P.K. Statistical evaluation of High resolution Regional Model (HRM) bias and its incorporation in near-real time simulations: a step towards improvements in atmospheric predictability. Proceedings of TROPMET 2007 Advances in Meteorology and Their Applications (December 17-19, 2007) (2007) pp 64
55. Ritter B., and Geleyn J.F. A comprehensive radiation scheme for numerical weather prediction models with potential applications in climate simulations. Monthly Weather Review 120 (1992) 303-325
56. Satayanarayana A.N.V., Mohanty U.C., Niyogi D.S., Raman S., Lykossov V.N., Warrior H., and Sam N.V. A study on air-sea exchange processes in the ITCZ and non-ITCZ regimes over Indian Ocean with INDOEX, IFP-99 data. Current Science (Supplement) 80 (2001) 39-45
57. Simmons A.J., and Burridge D.M. An energy and angular-momentum conserving vertical finite-difference scheme and hybrid vertical coordinates. Monthly Weather Review 109 (1981) 758-766
58. Simpson J.E. Sea Breeze and Local Wind (1994), Cambridge Univ. Press, New York 234 pp
59. Simpson J.E., Mansfield D.A., and Milford J.R. Inland penetration of sea-breeze fronts. Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society 130 (1977) 47-76
60. Srinivas C.V., Venkatesan R., Somayaji K.M., and Bhagavathsingh A. A numerical study of sea breeze circulation observed at a tropical site Kalpakkam on the east coast of India, under different synoptic flow situations. Journal of Earth System Science 115 (2007) 557-574 10.1007/BF02702909
61. Stunder N.J., and Sethuraman S. Comparative evaluation of the coastal boundary layer height equations. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 32 (1985) 177-204
62. Subrahamanyam D.B., Sen Gupta K., Ravindran S., and Krishnan P. Study of sea breeze and land breeze along the west coast of Indian sub-continent over the latitude range 15° N to 8° N during INDOEX, IFP-99 (SK-141) cruise. Current Science (Suppl) 80 (2001) 85-88
63. Temperton C., and Roch M. Implicit normal mode initialization for an operational regional model. Monthly Weather Review 119 (1991) 667-677
64. Tiedtke M.A. A comprehensive mass flux scheme for cumulus parameterization in large scale models. Monthly Weather Review 117 (1989) 1779-1800
65. Tijm A.B.C., Holtslag A.A.M., and van Delden A.J. Observations and modeling of the sea breeze with the return current. Monthly Weather Review 127 (1999) 625-640
66. Ueda H., Mitsumoto S., and Kurita H. Flow mechanism for the long range transport of air pollutants by the sea breeze causing night time high oxidants inland. Journal of Applied Meteorology 27 (1988) 182-187
67. Uno I., Wakamastu S., Suzuki M., and Ogawa Y. Three dimensional behaviour of photochemical pollutants covering the Tokyo metropolitan area. Atmospheric Environment 18 (1984) 751-761
68. Xian Z., and Pielke R.A. The effects of width of landmasses on the development of sea breezes. Journal of Applied Meteorology 30 9 (1991) 1280-1304
69. Zambakas J.D. The diurnal variability and duration of the sea breeze at the National Observatory of Athens, Greece. Meteorology Magazine 102 (1973) 222-228