Die Untersuchung kleinräumiger Kaltluftabflüsse mittels empirischer Abschätzung und numerischer Simulation

authored by

G. Gross, T. Frey, T. Mosimann, P. Trute, R. Lessing

Abstract

Two different methods are used to determine the small-scale drainage flows in the area of an elongated hill. Besides a combination of field observations with empirical estimates, a numerical mesoscale model is adopted for this study. A comparison of the results obtained with these independent methods shows a fairly good agreement. The simulated temperature distribution is very realistic compared to the detailed observations. The same is true for the nocturnal drainage flows and consecutive variables like mass flux and cold air production rate.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Meteorology and Climatology
Institute of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology
Physical Geography Group

Type

Article

Journal

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volume

5

Pages

76-89

No. of pages

14

ISSN

0941-2948

Publication date

1996

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atmospheric Science

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1127/metz/5/1996/76 (Access: Unknown)