Temperature Inversions over the Inland Indochina Revealed by GAME-T Enhanced Rawinsonde Observations
Detailed structures and variability of lower tropospheric temperature inversions are investigated, using two sets of high resolution (50 m in height and 3 hours in time) rawinsonde data obtained by the GAME-T enhanced rawinsonde observations conducted over the inland Indochina Peninsula in March 199...
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Published in | Scientific online letters on the atmosphere Vol. 6; pp. 5 - 8 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Japanese |
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01.01.2010
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Summary: | Detailed structures and variability of lower tropospheric temperature inversions are investigated, using two sets of high resolution (50 m in height and 3 hours in time) rawinsonde data obtained by the GAME-T enhanced rawinsonde observations conducted over the inland Indochina Peninsula in March 1997 and January 2000. In both observation periods, the strong inversions were observed at 3-4 km height. The causes of variations in their occurrence time and height are discussed by comparing them with meteorological conditions. Five processes are found to be responsible for the inversion variations: 1) cold-air advection accompanied by a cold-surge event, 2) cloud-top radiative cooling, 3) adiabatic heating due to subsidence, 4) shallow convection at or near the observation site, and 5) diurnal heating process due to boundary-layer growth. |
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ISSN: | 1349-6476 1349-6476 |
DOI: | 10.2151/sola.2010-002 |