Evaluation of trajectories calculated from ECMWF data against constant volume balloon flights during ETEX

被引:31
作者
Stohl, A
Koffi, NE
机构
[1] Univ Munich, Lehrstuhl Bioklimatol & Immiss Forsch, D-85354 Freising, Germany
[2] Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Environm, I-21020 Ispra, Italy
关键词
trajectories; ETEX; tracer experiments; constant level balloons; constant volume balloons;
D O I
10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00185-X
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This paper validates trajectories calculated from ECMWF analyses against the tracks of constant volume balloons (CVBs) released during the European tracer experiment (ETEX). The altitudes of the calculated trajectories were adjusted to the altitudes of the respective balloons in short intervals to allow direct comparisons. The agreement between the calculated trajectories and the balloon tracks was very good for the first experiment (individual errors from 1 to 26%, average 15%), and excellent (errors from 2 to 11%, average 6%) for the second one. The agreement for the second experiment was probably partly better because the CVBs travelled above the planetary boundary layer, but the small errors also indicate that the ECMWF fields of the horizontal wind were of exceptionally good quality in the second experiment. This is in sharp contrast to the results of the dispersion models which all failed in the prediction of the perfluorocarbon tracer dispersion for the second experiment. A likely explanation for this is that vertical motions, possibly on small scales, were not correctly captured by the ECMWF analyses, but it is not possible to clarify this with the CVB data. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:4151 / 4156
页数:6
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