A review on regional convection‐permitting climate modeling: Demonstrations, prospects, and challenges

AF Prein, W Langhans, G Fosser… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Regional climate modeling using convection‐permitting models (CPMs; horizontal grid
spacing< 4 km) emerges as a promising framework to provide more reliable climate …

Diurnal mountain wind systems

D Zardi, CD Whiteman - … research and forecasting: Recent progress and …, 2012 - Springer
Diurnal mountain wind systems are local thermally driven wind systems that form over
mountainous terrain and are produced by the buoyancy effects associated with the diurnal …

Convection‐permitting modelling improves simulated precipitation over the central and eastern Tibetan Plateau

P Li, K Furtado, T Zhou, H Chen… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays an essential role in influencing the global climate,
and precipitation is one of its most important water‐cycle components. However, accurately …

High‐resolution modeling of atmospheric dynamics in the Nepalese Himalaya

E Collier, WW Immerzeel - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
High‐altitude meteorological processes in the Himalaya are influenced by complex
interactions between the topography and the monsoon and westerly circulation systems. In …

Impact of deep basin terrain on PM2. 5 distribution and its seasonality over the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China

Z Shu, T Zhao, Y Liu, L Zhang, X Ma, X Kuang, Y Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The terrain effect on atmospheric environment is poorly understood in particular for the
polluted region with underlying complex topography. Therefore, this study targeted the …

Trade-off between urban heat island mitigation and air quality in urban valleys

JJ Henao, AM Rendón, JF Salazar - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
The number of studies on urban cooling strategies has been continuously growing. A
common premise is that urban heat island (UHI) mitigation has a net beneficial effect on …

The impact of three-dimensional effects on the simulation of turbulence kinetic energy in a major alpine valley

B Goger, MW Rotach, A Gohm, O Fuhrer… - Boundary-Layer …, 2018 - Springer
The correct simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is crucial for reliable
weather forecasts in truly complex terrain. However, common assumptions for model …

Mesoscale modeling of coastal low‐level jets: implications for offshore wind resource estimation

CG Nunalee, S Basu - Wind Energy, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed and reliable spatiotemporal characterizations of turbine hub height wind fields over
coastal and offshore regions are becoming imperative for the global wind energy industry …

[PDF][PDF] Numerical simulations of boundary-layer processes and urban-induced alterations in an Alpine valley

L Giovannini, D Zardi, M De Franceschi, F Chen - Int. J. Climatol, 2014 - academia.edu
High-resolution simulations are performed with the Weather Research and Forecasting
(WRF) model, coupled with an advanced urban parameterization scheme, to evaluate the …

The impact of valley geometry on daytime thermally driven flows and vertical transport processes

JS Wagner, A Gohm, MW Rotach - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of valley geometry on thermally driven flows is studied by means of high‐
resolution simulations. An idealized valley–plain topography and a spatially constant but …