TY - JOUR

T1 - Observed development of the vertical structure of the marine boundary layer during the LASIE experiment in the Ligurian Sea

A1 - Sempreviva,Anna Maria

A1 - Schiano,M.E.

A1 - Pensieri,S.

A1 - Semedo,Alvaro

A1 - Tome,R.

A1 - Bozzano,R.

A1 - Borghini,M.

A1 - Grasso,F.

A1 - Sørensen,L.L.

A1 - Teixeira,J.

A1 - Transerici,C.

AU - Sempreviva,Anna Maria

AU - Schiano,M.E.

AU - Pensieri,S.

AU - Semedo,Alvaro

AU - Tome,R.

AU - Bozzano,R.

AU - Borghini,M.

AU - Grasso,F.

AU - Sørensen,L.L.

AU - Teixeira,J.

AU - Transerici,C.

PB - Copernicus GmbH

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - In the marine environment, complete datasets describing the surface layer and the vertical structure of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL), through its entire depth, are less frequent than over land, due to the high cost of measuring campaigns. During the seven days of the Ligurian Air-Sea Interaction Experiment (LASIE), organized by the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) in the Mediterranean Sea, extensive in situ and remote sensing measurements were collected from instruments placed on a spar buoy and a ship. Standard surface meteorological measurements were collected by meteorological sensors mounted on the buoy ODAS Italia1 located in the centre of the Gulf of Genoa. The evolution of the height (zi) of the MABL was monitored using radiosondes and a ceilometer on board of the N/O Urania. Here, we present the database and an uncommon case study of the evolution of the vertical structure of the MABL, observed by two independent measuring systems: the ceilometer and radiosondes. Following the changes of surface flow conditions, in a sequence of onshore – offshore – onshore wind direction shifting episodes, during the mid part of the campaign, the overall structure of the MABL changed. Warm and dry air from land advected over a colder sea, induced a stably stratified Internal Boundary Layer (IBL) and a consequent change in the structure of the vertical profiles of potential temperature and relative humidity.

AB - In the marine environment, complete datasets describing the surface layer and the vertical structure of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL), through its entire depth, are less frequent than over land, due to the high cost of measuring campaigns. During the seven days of the Ligurian Air-Sea Interaction Experiment (LASIE), organized by the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) in the Mediterranean Sea, extensive in situ and remote sensing measurements were collected from instruments placed on a spar buoy and a ship. Standard surface meteorological measurements were collected by meteorological sensors mounted on the buoy ODAS Italia1 located in the centre of the Gulf of Genoa. The evolution of the height (zi) of the MABL was monitored using radiosondes and a ceilometer on board of the N/O Urania. Here, we present the database and an uncommon case study of the evolution of the vertical structure of the MABL, observed by two independent measuring systems: the ceilometer and radiosondes. Following the changes of surface flow conditions, in a sequence of onshore – offshore – onshore wind direction shifting episodes, during the mid part of the campaign, the overall structure of the MABL changed. Warm and dry air from land advected over a colder sea, induced a stably stratified Internal Boundary Layer (IBL) and a consequent change in the structure of the vertical profiles of potential temperature and relative humidity.

KW - Wind energy

KW - Wind power meteorology

KW - Vindkraftmeteorologi

KW - Vindenergi

U2 - 10.5194/angeo-28-17-2010

DO - 10.5194/angeo-28-17-2010

JO - Annales Geophysicae

JF - Annales Geophysicae

SN - 0992-7689

IS - 1

VL - 28

SP - 17

EP - 25

ER -