Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Mixing Depth over the Northeastern United States during the Summer of 1995
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- 1 December 1999
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
- Vol. 38 (12) , 1661-1673
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1661:satvit>2.0.co;2
Abstract
A study of the temporal and spatial variations of mixing layer height over the Ozone Transport Region of the northeastern United States for the summer of 1995 is presented using meteorological data obtained from the North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone-Northeast (NARSTO-NE) 1995 field program. Rawinsonde balloon soundings made every 4 h during 13 ozone episode days during NARSTO-NE provided the principal source of upper-air data, supplemented by virtual temperature profiles from five radio acoustic sounder system sites. Forty-four weather stations provided surface data. Daytime mixing depths were estimated using a profile-intersection technique. The height of the surface inversion was used as a measure of the depth of the turbulent boundary layer at night. For the 13 ozone episode days, the average maximum mixing depth ranged from less than 500 m offshore to greater than 2000 m inland, with most of the increase occurring within the first 100 km of the coastline. The coefficient... Abstract A study of the temporal and spatial variations of mixing layer height over the Ozone Transport Region of the northeastern United States for the summer of 1995 is presented using meteorological data obtained from the North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone-Northeast (NARSTO-NE) 1995 field program. Rawinsonde balloon soundings made every 4 h during 13 ozone episode days during NARSTO-NE provided the principal source of upper-air data, supplemented by virtual temperature profiles from five radio acoustic sounder system sites. Forty-four weather stations provided surface data. Daytime mixing depths were estimated using a profile-intersection technique. The height of the surface inversion was used as a measure of the depth of the turbulent boundary layer at night. For the 13 ozone episode days, the average maximum mixing depth ranged from less than 500 m offshore to greater than 2000 m inland, with most of the increase occurring within the first 100 km of the coastline. The coefficient...Keywords
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