Climate changes and their elevational patterns in the mountains of the world

NC Pepin, E Arnone, A Gobiet, K Haslinger… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying rates of climate change in mountain regions is of considerable interest, not least
because mountains are viewed as climate “hotspots” where change can anticipate or …

Exchange processes in the atmospheric boundary layer over mountainous terrain

S Serafin, B Adler, J Cuxart, SFJ De Wekker, A Gohm… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
The exchange of heat, momentum, and mass in the atmosphere over mountainous terrain is
controlled by synoptic-scale dynamics, thermally driven mesoscale circulations, and …

Long-term urban carbon dioxide observations reveal spatial and temporal dynamics related to urban characteristics and growth

LE Mitchell, JC Lin, DR Bowling… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Cities are concentrated areas of CO2 emissions and have become the foci of policies for
mitigation actions. However, atmospheric measurement networks suitable for evaluating …

Relationship between particulate air pollution and meteorological variables in Utah's Salt Lake Valley

CD Whiteman, SW Hoch, JD Horel, A Charland - Atmospheric Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Critical meteorological factors affecting daily particulate concentrations during winter for
Utah's urbanized Salt Lake Valley are examined on the basis of forty years of data. In a …

Evaluation of the updated YSU planetary boundary layer scheme within WRF for wind resource and air quality assessments

XM Hu, PM Klein, M Xue - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In previous studies, the Yonsei University (YSU) planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme
implemented in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model was reported to …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent inversion dynamics and wintertime PM10 air pollution in Alpine valleys

Y Largeron, C Staquet - Atmospheric Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study investigates persistent inversions dynamics during a whole winter in
Alpine valleys of the area of Grenoble (French Alps), and their relationship to PM 10 air …

Current challenges in understanding and predicting transport and exchange in the atmosphere over mountainous terrain

M Lehner, MW Rotach - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Coupling of the earth's surface with the atmosphere is achieved through an exchange of
momentum, energy, and mass in the atmospheric boundary layer. In mountainous terrain …

Atmospheric pollutant dispersion over complex terrain: Challenges and needs for improving air quality measurements and modeling

L Giovannini, E Ferrero, T Karl, MW Rotach, C Staquet… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pollutant dispersion processes over complex terrain are much more complicated than over
flat areas, as they are affected by atmospheric interactions with the orography at different …

Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil-and natural gas-producing region of the western US

R Ahmadov, S McKeen, M Trainer… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Recent increases in oil and natural gas (NG) production throughout the western US have
come with scientific and public interest in emission rates, air quality and climate impacts …

100 years of progress on mountain meteorology research

RB Smith - Meteorological Monographs, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mountains significantly influence weather and climate on Earth, including disturbed surface
winds; altered distribution of precipitation; gravity waves reaching the upper atmosphere; …