The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau

In this study the depth of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) over the Tibetan Plateau was measured during a regional radiosonde observation campaign in 2008 and found to be deeper than indicated by previously measurements. Results indicate that during fair weather conditions on winter days, the t...

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Autores principales: Chen, Xuelong, Añel, Juan A., Su, Zhongbo, de la Torre, Laura, Kelder, Hennie, van Peet, Jacob, Ma, Yaoming
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056909
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author Chen, Xuelong
Añel, Juan A.
Su, Zhongbo
de la Torre, Laura
Kelder, Hennie
van Peet, Jacob
Ma, Yaoming
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Añel, Juan A.
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description In this study the depth of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) over the Tibetan Plateau was measured during a regional radiosonde observation campaign in 2008 and found to be deeper than indicated by previously measurements. Results indicate that during fair weather conditions on winter days, the top of the mixed layers can be up to 5 km above the ground (9.4 km above sea level). Measurements also show that the depth of the ABL is quite distinct for three different periods (winter, monsoon-onset, and monsoon seasons). Turbulence at the top of a deep mixing layer can rise up to the upper troposphere. As a consequence, as confirmed by trajectory analysis, interaction occurs between deep ABLs and the low tropopause during winter over the Tibetan Plateau.
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spelling pubmed-35815772013-02-28 The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau Chen, Xuelong Añel, Juan A. Su, Zhongbo de la Torre, Laura Kelder, Hennie van Peet, Jacob Ma, Yaoming PLoS One Research Article In this study the depth of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) over the Tibetan Plateau was measured during a regional radiosonde observation campaign in 2008 and found to be deeper than indicated by previously measurements. Results indicate that during fair weather conditions on winter days, the top of the mixed layers can be up to 5 km above the ground (9.4 km above sea level). Measurements also show that the depth of the ABL is quite distinct for three different periods (winter, monsoon-onset, and monsoon seasons). Turbulence at the top of a deep mixing layer can rise up to the upper troposphere. As a consequence, as confirmed by trajectory analysis, interaction occurs between deep ABLs and the low tropopause during winter over the Tibetan Plateau. Public Library of Science 2013-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3581577/ /pubmed/23451108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056909 Text en © 2013 Chen et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Chen, Xuelong
Añel, Juan A.
Su, Zhongbo
de la Torre, Laura
Kelder, Hennie
van Peet, Jacob
Ma, Yaoming
The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau
title The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau
title_full The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau
title_fullStr The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau
title_full_unstemmed The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau
title_short The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau
title_sort deep atmospheric boundary layer and its significance to the stratosphere and troposphere exchange over the tibetan plateau
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056909
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