A mesoscale simulation of coastal circulation in the Guadalquivir valley (southwestern Iberian Peninsula) using the WRF-ARW model

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  Hernandez Ceballos M A ^a   Adame, J A ^b   Bolivar J P ^a   De la Morena, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Sea land breeze; Southwestern Iberian Peninsula; Wind field; WRF model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL CIRCULATION; CRITICAL RICHARDSON NUMBER; GRID RESOLUTION; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MARINE AIR; MEDIUM RANGE; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MODEL RESULTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE LEVEL; SEA BREEZE; SEA-LAND BREEZE; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; THERMAL INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL EXTENSION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WIND FIELD; WRF MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL CIRCULATION; LAND BREEZE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEA BREEZE; WIND FIELD;

ANDALUCIA; GUADALQUIVIR VALLEY; SPAIN;

EID: 84873146515     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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