scholarly journals PROGNÓSTICO DA VELOCIDADE DO VENTO UTILIZANDO O MODELO WRF NA REGIÃO CENTRAL DE ALAGOAS

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Roberto Fernando Da Fonseca Lyra ◽  
Rosiberto Salustiano da Silva Junior ◽  
Marcos Antonio Lima Moura ◽  
Marney Chaves de Aragão Lisboa Amorim
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Wind Velocity ◽  
Friction Velocity ◽  
Wrf Model ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Daily Cycles ◽  
Brazilian Northeast

The PVPN project (Previsão do Vento em Parques Eólicos no Nordeste Brasileiro “Wind forecast for wind farms in the Brazilian Northeast”) has been made aiming to developing a methodology for the prediction of short and medium-term wind energy in wind farms, proper Brazilian Northeast. This paper presents results from an intensive campaign, which, wind velocity and micrometeorological measurements including turbulence are made. Estimates made by the WRF model for the wind velocity were compared with friction velocity and the fluxes (sensible heat and latent heat). The results showed that the model represented well the daily cycles of the four variables with correlation coefficients between 0.79 and 0.94. The estimation of the wind velocity were very good with a difference of only 10.55%. The estimate of the remaining variables was bad to reasonable.

scholarly journals Avaliação do desempenho do Modelo WRF para prognóstico do vento na Região Central de Alagoas – Craíbas

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Silvania Maria Santos da Silva ◽  
Roberto Fernando da Fonseca Lyra ◽  
Rosiberto Salustiano da Silva Júnior ◽  
Nareida Simone Delgado da Cruz ◽  
Sâmara Dos Santos Silva
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Velocity ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Wrf Model ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Good Tool ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Brazilian Northeast

The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of the WRF model for estimate wind speed in the central region of Alagoas State (Brazil). The wind velocity (WRF outputs) were compared with anemometric data of the PVPN projetc (Previsão do Vento em Parques Eólicos no Nordeste Brasileiro “Wind forecast for wind farms in the Brazilian Northeast”), from January to December 2014. The results showed that the WRF model estimated very well the monthly and daily wind speed averages. Deviations are greater in the dry season. Throughout the year the mean difference (WRF-OBS) was only 0.23 m.s-1 (6.14 m.s-1 versus 5.91 m.s-1), showing that this model is a good tool for forecasting wind for wind farms.

Determining Meaningful Differences for SMACEX Eddy Covariance Measurements

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 805-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Meek ◽  
J. H. Prueger ◽  
W. P. Kustas ◽  
J. L. Hatfield
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Eddy Covariance ◽  
Wind Velocity ◽  
Standard Error ◽  
Friction Velocity ◽  
Vertical Wind ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Multiple Comparison Procedures ◽  
Vertical Wind Velocity

Abstract Two eddy covariance instrument comparison studies were conducted before and after the Soil Moisture–Atmosphere Coupling Experiment (SMACEX) field campaign to 1) determine if observations from multiple sensors were equivalent for the measured variables over a uniform surface and to 2) determine a least significant difference (LSD) value for each variable to discriminate between daily and hourly differences in latent and sensible heat and carbon dioxide fluxes, friction velocity, and standard deviation of the vertical wind velocity from eddy covariance instruments placed in different locations within the study area. The studies were conducted in early June over an alfalfa field and in mid-September over a short grass field. Several statistical exploratory, graphical, and multiple-comparison procedures were used to evaluate each daily variable. Daily total or average data were used to estimate a pooled standard error and corresponding LSD values at the P = 0.05 and P = 0.01 levels using univariate procedures. There were no significant sensor differences in any of the daily measurements for either intercomparison period. Hourly averaged data were used to estimate a pooled standard error and corresponding LSD values at the P = 0.05 and P = 0.01 levels using mixed model procedures. Sensor differences for pre- and post-intercomparisons were minimal for hourly and daily values of CO2, water vapor, sensible heat, friction velocity, and standard deviation for vertical wind velocity. Computed LSD values were used to determine significant daily differences and threshold values for the variables monitored during the SMACEX campaign.

scholarly journals Intercomparison and assessment of turbulent and physiological exchange parameters of grassland

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Nemitz ◽  
K. J. Hargreaves ◽  
A. Neftel ◽  
B. Loubet ◽  
P. Cellier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Latent Heat Flux ◽  
Friction Velocity ◽  
Sensible Heat Flux ◽  
Canopy Temperature ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
Large Variability

Abstract. Commonly, the micrometeorological parameters that underline the calculations of surface atmosphere exchange fluxes (e.g. friction velocity and sensible heat flux) and parameters used to model exchange fluxes with SVAT-type parameterisations (e.g. latent heat flux and canopy temperature) are measured with a single set of instrumentation and are analysed with a single methodology. This paper evaluates uncertainties in these measurements with a single instrument, by comparing the independent results from nine different institutes during the international GRAMINAE integrated field experiment over agricultural grassland near Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. The paper discusses uncertainties in measuring friction velocity, sensible and latent heat fluxes, canopy temperature and investigates the energy balance closure at this site. Although individual 15-min flux calculations show a large variability between the instruments, when averaged over the campaign, fluxes agree within 2% for momentum and 11% for sensible heat. However, the spread in estimates of latent heat flux (λE) is larger, with standard deviations of averages of 18%. While the dataset averaged over the different instruments fails to close the energy budget by 30%, if the largest turbulent fluxes are considered, near perfect energy closure can be achieved, suggesting that most techniques underestimate λE in particular. The uncertainty in λE feeds results in an uncertainty in the bulk stomatal resistance, which further adds to the uncertainties in the estimation of the canopy temperature that controls the exchange. The paper demonstrated how a consensus dataset was derived, which is used by the individual investigators to calculate fluxes and drive their models.

scholarly journals Intercomparison and assessment of turbulent and physiological exchange parameters of grassland

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 1445-1466 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Nemitz ◽  
K. J. Hargreaves ◽  
A. Neftel ◽  
B. Loubet ◽  
P. Cellier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Latent Heat Flux ◽  
Friction Velocity ◽  
Sensible Heat Flux ◽  
Canopy Temperature ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. Commonly, the micrometeorological parameters that underline the calculations of surface atmosphere exchange fluxes (e.g. friction velocity and sensible heat flux) and parameters used to model exchange fluxes with SVAT-type parameterisations (e.g. latent heat flux and canopy temperature) are measured with a single set of instrumentation and are analysed with a single methodology. This paper evaluates uncertainties in these measurements with a single instrument, by comparing the independent results from nine different institutes during the international GRAMINAE integrated field experiment over agricultural grassland near Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. The paper discusses uncertainties in measuring friction velocity, sensible and latent heat fluxes, canopy temperature and investigates the energy balance closure at this site. Although individual 15-min flux calculations show a large variability between the instruments, when averaged over the campaign, fluxes agree within 2% for momentum and 11% for sensible heat. However, the spread in estimates of latent heat flux (λE) is larger, with standard deviations of averages of 18%. The dataset averaged over the different instruments fails to close the energy budget by 20%, significantly larger than the uncertainties in the individual flux corrections. However, if the largest individual turbulent flux estimates are considered, energy closure can be achieved, indicating that the closure gap is within the spread of the measurements. The uncertainty in λE feeds results in an uncertainty in the bulk stomatal resistance, which further adds to the uncertainties in the estimation of the canopy temperature that controls the exchange. The paper demonstrated how a consensus dataset was derived, which is used by the individual investigators to calculate fluxes and drive their models.

scholarly journals Cross-Scale Precipitation Variability in a Semiarid Catchment Area on the Western Slopes of the Central Andes

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 675-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Trachte ◽  
Jochen Seidel ◽  
Rafael Figueroa ◽  
Marco Otto ◽  
Joerg Bendix
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Altitudinal Gradient ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Wrf Model ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
Precipitation Variability ◽  
Precipitation Regimes

AbstractSpatiotemporal precipitation patterns were investigated on the western slopes of the central Andes Mountains by applying EOF and cluster analysis as well as the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. In the semiarid catchment area in the highlands of Lima, Peru, the precipitation is assumed to be a cross-scale interplay of large-scale dynamics, varying sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and breeze-dominated slope flows. The EOF analysis was used to encompass and elucidate the upper-level circulation patterns dominating the transport of moisture. To delineate local precipitation regimes, a partitioning cluster analysis was carried out, which additionally should illustrate local effects such as the altitudinal gradient of the Andes. The results demonstrated that especially during the transition to the dry season, synoptic-scale circulation aloft controls the precipitation (correlation coefficients between 0.6 and 0.9), whereas in the remaining seasons the slope breezes due to the altitudinal gradient mainly determine the precipitation behavior. Further analysis with regard to the spatiotemporal precipitation variability revealed an inversion of the precipitation distribution along the elevational gradient within the study area, mainly during February (29%) and March (35%), that showed correlations with coastal SST patterns ranging between 0.56 and 0.67. WRF simulations of the underlying mechanisms disclosed that the large-scale circulation influences the thermally induced upslope flows while the strength of southeastern low-level winds related to the coastal SSTs caused a blocking of easterlies in the middle troposphere through a reduced anticyclonic effect. This interplay enables the generation of precipitation in the usually drier environment at lower elevations, which leads to a decrease in rainfall with increasing elevation.

EFFECT OF CONDENSATION ON THE EFFICIENCY OF HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATORS FOR BROILER HOUSES

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 1350009 ◽  
Author(s):  
HWATAIK HAN ◽  
SANG-HOON NAM ◽  
GEON-SOO HAN
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Harsh Environments ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Outdoor Temperature ◽  
Toxic Gases ◽  
Temperature Efficiency ◽  
Plate Type

This study experimentally investigates the effect of internal condensation on the performance of a heat recovery ventilator. Experiments were performed using a plate-type sensible heat exchanger element that was designed for very humid and dusty environments such as chicken broiler houses. The results of these experiments show that the temperature efficiency considering condensation is always greater than that without considering latent heat. As outdoor temperature decreases or indoor relative humidity increases, temperature efficiency increases owing to an increase in the rate of condensation. The present polypropylene-based sensible heat exchanger element could be a solution for harsh environments because it can discharge condensate water by gravity and is resistant to moisture and other toxic gases.

scholarly journals Low-level jets and above-canopy drainage as causes of turbulent exchange in the nocturnal boundary layer

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4507-4519 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. El-Madany ◽  
H. F. Duarte ◽  
D. J. Durden ◽  
B. Paas ◽  
M. J. Deventer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Eddy Covariance ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Vertical Wind ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Intermittent Turbulence ◽  
Low Level Jets ◽  
Vertical Wind Velocity

Abstract. Sodar (SOund Detection And Ranging), eddy-covariance, and tower profile measurements of wind speed and carbon dioxide were performed during 17 consecutive nights in complex terrain in northern Taiwan. The scope of the study was to identify the causes for intermittent turbulence events and to analyze their importance in nocturnal atmosphere–biosphere exchange as quantified with eddy-covariance measurements. If intermittency occurs frequently at a measurement site, then this process needs to be quantified in order to achieve reliable values for ecosystem characteristics such as net ecosystem exchange or net primary production. Fourteen events of intermittent turbulence were identified and classified into above-canopy drainage flows (ACDFs) and low-level jets (LLJs) according to the height of the wind speed maximum. Intermittent turbulence periods lasted between 30 and 110 min. Towards the end of LLJ or ACDF events, positive vertical wind velocities and, in some cases, upslope flows occurred, counteracting the general flow regime at nighttime. The observations suggest that the LLJs and ACDFs penetrate deep into the cold air pool in the valley, where they experience strong buoyancy due to density differences, resulting in either upslope flows or upward vertical winds. Turbulence was found to be stronger and better developed during LLJs and ACDFs, with eddy-covariance data presenting higher quality. This was particularly indicated by spectral analysis of the vertical wind velocity and the steady-state test for the time series of the vertical wind velocity in combination with the horizontal wind component, the temperature, and carbon dioxide. Significantly higher fluxes of sensible heat, latent heat, and shear stress occurred during these periods. During LLJs and ACDFs, fluxes of sensible heat, latent heat, and CO2 were mostly one-directional. For example, exclusively negative sensible heat fluxes occurred while intermittent turbulence was present. Latent heat fluxes were mostly positive during LLJs and ACDFs, with a median value of 34 W m−2, while outside these periods the median was 2 W m−2. In conclusion, intermittent turbulence periods exhibit a strong impact on nocturnal energy and mass fluxes.

scholarly journals Ablation and Heat Balance of the Yukikabe Snow Patch in the Daisetsu Mountains, Hokkaido, Japan

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 122-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sato ◽  
S. Takahashi ◽  
R. Naruse ◽  
G. Wakahama
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Heat Balance ◽  
Meteorological Parameters ◽  
Heat Sources ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Net Radiation ◽  
Ice Caps ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
The Heat Balance

A good correlation was found between the ablation of snow and degree day index (cumulative values of positive daily mean air temperature) during the summer of 1978 on the Yukikabe snow patch in the Daisetsu mountains, central Hokkaido. The volume change of the snow patch in the ablation season of any year can hence be estimated from air temperature using this relationship. Each of the heat-balance terms controlling the ablation is evaluated separately by using empirical equations and assumed values for meteorological parameters at the snow patch. Triangular diagrams are constructed in order to illustrate the relative contributions of sensible heat, latent heat, and net radiation, the main three heat sources. A higher contribution from sensible and latent heat is found for the snow patches of Japan than for many glaciers and ice caps elsewhere. This may be due to higher mid-summer air temperatures than in other glaciated parts of the world.

scholarly journals How representative are FLUXNET measurements of surface fluxes during temperature extremes?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie V. J. van der Horst ◽  
Andrew J. Pitman ◽  
Martin G. De Kauwe ◽  
Anna Ukkola ◽  
Gab Abramowitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Distribution ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Net Ecosystem Exchange ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Temperature Extremes ◽  
Measured Temperature ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Lower Tail

Abstract. In response to a warming climate, temperature extremes are changing in many regions of the world. Therefore, understanding how the fluxes of sensible heat, latent heat and net ecosystem exchange respond and contribute to these changes is important. We examined 216 sites from the open access Tier 1 FLUXNET2015 and Free-Fair-Use La Thuile datasets, focussing only on observed (non-gap filled) data periods. We examined the availability of sensible heat, latent heat and net ecosystem exchange observations coincident in time with measured temperature for all temperatures, and separately for the upper and lower tail of the temperature distribution and expressed this availability as a measurement ratio. We showed that the measurement ratios for both sensible and latent heat fluxes are generally lower (0.79 and 0.73 respectively) than for temperature, and the measurement ratio of net ecosystem exchange measurements are appreciably lower (0.42). However, sites do exist with a high proportion of measured sensible and latent heat fluxes, mostly over the United States, Europe and Australia. Few sites have a high proportion of measured fluxes at the lower tail of the temperature distribution over very cold regions (e.g. Alaska, Russia) and at the upper tail in many warm regions (e.g. Central America and the majority of the Mediterranean region), and many of the world’s coldest and hottest regions are not represented in the freely available FLUXNET data at all (e.g. India, the Gulf States, Greenland and Antarctica). However, some sites do provide measured fluxes at extreme temperatures suggesting an opportunity for the FLUXNET community to share strategies to increase measurement availability at the tails of the temperature distribution. We also highlight a wide discrepancy between the measurement ratios across FLUXNET sites that is not related to the actual temperature or rainfall regimes at the site, which we cannot explain. Our analysis provides guidance to help select eddy covariance sites for researchers interested in exploring responses to temperature extremes.

scholarly journals Modeling canopy-induced turbulence in the Earth system: a unified parameterization of turbulent exchange within plant canopies and the roughness sublayer (CLM-ml v0)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon B. Bonan ◽  
Edward G. Patton ◽  
Ian N. Harman ◽  
Keith W. Oleson ◽  
John J. Finnigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Friction Velocity ◽  
Sensible Heat Flux ◽  
Roughness Sublayer ◽  
Sensible Heat ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Community Land Model ◽  
Diurnal Range ◽  
Radiative Temperature ◽  
Canopy Model

Abstract. Land surface models used in climate models neglect the roughness sublayer and parameterize within-canopy turbulence in an ad hoc manner. We implemented a roughness sublayer turbulence parameterization in a multi-layer canopy model (CLM-ml v0) test if this theory provides a tractable parameterization extending from the ground through the canopy and the roughness sublayer. We compared the canopy model with the Community Land Model (CLM4.5) at 7 forest, 2 grassland, and 3 cropland AmeriFlux sites over a range of canopy height, leaf area index, and climate. The CLM4.5 has pronounced biases during summer months at forest sites in mid-day latent heat flux, sensible heat flux, and gross primary production, nighttime friction velocity, and the radiative temperature diurnal range. The new canopy model reduces these biases by introducing new physics. The signature of the roughness sublayer is most evident in sensible heat flux, friction velocity, and the diurnal cycle of radiative temperature. Within-canopy temperature profiles are markedly different compared with profiles obtained using Monin–Obukhov similarity theory, and the roughness sublayer produces cooler daytime and warmer nighttime temperatures. The herbaceous sites also show model improvements, but the improvements are related less systematically to the roughness sublayer parameterization in these short canopies. The multi-layer canopy with the roughness sublayer turbulence improves simulations compared with the CLM4.5 while also advancing the theoretical basis for surface flux parameterizations.

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