Caballero, R. and Lavagnini, A. (2002) A numerical investigation of the sea breeze and slope flows around Rome. Il nuovo cimento C, 25 (3). pp. 287-304. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
A three-dimensional non-hydrostatic prognostic mesoscale model is used to simulate the circulation around Rome, Italy, on a cloudless summer day with weak synoptic winds, with the aim of characterising the local circulation on such days. The simulation shows that the sea breeze and slope flows play roles of comparable importance. At night the circulation is dominated by katabatic flow. During the late morning/early afternoon there is a sea breeze with a front curving pincer-like around Rome, and well-developed anabatic flows on all slopes. In the late afternoon, sea breeze and slope flows coalesce into a single circulation reaching hundreds of kilometers inland, with an offshore return flow aloft. Comparison with observations is favourable, particularly during the day.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Boundary layer structure and processes |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 550 Scienze della Terra > 551 Geologia, Idrologia, Meteorologia |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2020 12:50 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2020 12:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/14799 |
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