Large-Eddy Simulation of a microburst (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Large-Eddy Simulation of a microburst (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
Anno
  • 2011-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.5194/acp-11-9323-2011 (literal)
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  • V. Anabor, U. Rizza, E. L. Nascimento, and G. A. Degrazia (2011)
    Large-Eddy Simulation of a microburst
    in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (Print); Copernicus publications, Göttingen (Germania)
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  • V. Anabor, U. Rizza, E. L. Nascimento, and G. A. Degrazia (literal)
Pagina inizio
  • 9323 (literal)
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  • 9331 (literal)
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  • 11 (literal)
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  • 9 (literal)
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  • ISI Web of Science (WOS) (literal)
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  • - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Fisica, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil (literal)
Titolo
  • Large-Eddy Simulation of a microburst (literal)
Abstract
  • The three-dimensional structure and evolution of an isolated and stationary microburst are simulated using a time-dependent, high resolution Large-Eddy-Simulation (LES) model. The microburst is initiated by specifying a simplified cooling source at the top of the domain around 2 km a.g.l. that leads to a strong downdraft. Surface winds of the order of 30ms-1 were obtained over a region of 500m radius around the central point of the impinging downdraft, with the simulated microburst lasting for a few minutes. These characteristic length and time scales are consistent with results obtained from numerical simulations of microbursts using cloud-resolving models. The simulated flow replicated some of the principal features of microbursts observed by Doppler radars: in particular, the horizontal spread of strong surface winds and a ring vortex at the leading edge of the cold outflow. In addition to the primary surface outflow, the simulation also generated a secondary surge of strong winds that appears to represent a pulsation in the microburst evolution. These results highlight the capability of LES to reproduce complex phenomena like microbursts, indicating the potential usage of LES models to represent atmospheric phenomena of time and space scales between the convective scale and the microscale. These include short-lived convectivelygenerated damaging winds. (literal)
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