The impact of a mesoscale convective system cold pool on the northward propagation of the intertropical discontinuity over West Africa
| العنوان: | The impact of a mesoscale convective system cold pool on the northward propagation of the intertropical discontinuity over West Africa |
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| المؤلفون: | Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, Laurent Kergoat, Christophe Lavaysse, Anna Agusti-Panareda, Peter Knippertz, Cyrille Flamant, Douglas J. Parker |
| المساهمون: | SPACE - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre [Mainz] (IPA), Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz = Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), School of Earth and Environment [Leeds] (SEE), University of Leeds, Laboratoire d'aérologie (LAERO), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère (CESBIO), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz (JGU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| المصدر: | Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2009, 135 (638), pp.139-159. ⟨10.1002/qj.357⟩ Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Wiley, 2009, 135 (638), pp.139-159. ⟨10.1002/qj.357⟩ |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2009. |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Atmospheric Science, density currents, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Planetary boundary layer, 0207 environmental engineering, Mesoscale meteorology, 02 engineering and technology, [SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology, Monsoon, 01 natural sciences, SEVIRI imagery, ECMWF analyses, harmattan, monsoon, Surge, 020701 environmental engineering, Dropsonde, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph], Mesoscale convective system, Harmattan, Front (oceanography), airborne lidar, 13. Climate action, Climatology, dropsondes, Environmental science, AMMA |
| الوصف: | The interaction between a mesoscale convection system cold pool and the intertropical discontinuity (ITD) is investigated on two consecutive days (5 and 6 June 2006), in the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observing Period (SOP 1a). Satellite imagery and surface meteorological observations are used to track the movement of the ITD prior to and after its interaction with the cold pool. The impact of the northward propagating cold pool on the Sahelo-Saharan planetary boundary layer (PBL) thermodynamics and aerosol vertical distribution is analyzed by means of airborne and ground-based measurements over the two-day period. Complementary European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) analyses are also used. The influence of the cold pool persists as a coherent dynamic and thermodynamic structure over these two study days, influencing a front at least 1000 km long and approximately 200 km wide, spreading across southern Mali. Dropsonde measurements revealed that the cold pool was bringing moisture quite far north over the northern Sahel and to the southern fringes of the Sahara, as well as cooling the desert surface. As a result, the vertical development of the Sahelo-Saharan PBL was found to be delayed on 6 June compared with 5 June. Further north, over the part of the Sahara not impacted by the propagating cold pool, the airborne measurements suggest that the large amounts of dust in the upper part of the Saharan aerosol layer, as observed by lidar, may also have had an impact on the Saharan PBL, by reducing the insolation in this region. The airborne observations were also used to assess the quality of the ECMWF analyses at 1200 UTC on 5 and 6 June, as well as + 36 h, + 24 h and + 12 h forecasts valid at 1200 UTC on 6 June. A quantitative improvement was seen in the 6 June forecast valid at 1200 UTC once information relevant to the propagation of the ITD was assimilated, i.e. for the + 24 h and + 12 h forecasts. The analyses were able to reproduce the northward surge of moisture associated with the cold pool, suggesting that ECMWF analyses may be used to analyze the role of propagating density currents on the so-called monsoon onset mechanism. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society |
| تدمد: | 1477-870X 0035-9009 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::410b7f30acab86b2dcef755f83dcad36 https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.357 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....410b7f30acab86b2dcef755f83dcad36 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 1477870X 00359009 |
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