Abstract
Abstract This chapter outlines the development of our understanding of several examples of mesoscale atmospheric circulations that are tied directly to surface forcings, starting from thermally driven variations over the ocean and progressing inland to man-made variations in temperature and roughness, and ending with forced boundary layer circulations. Examples include atmospheric responses to 1) overocean temperature variations, 2) coastlines (sea breezes), 3) mesoscale regions of inland water (lake-effect storms), and 4) variations in land-based surface usage (urban land cover). This chapter provides brief summaries of the historical evolution of, and tools for, understanding such mesoscale atmospheric circulations and their importance to the field, as well as physical processes responsible for initiating and determining their evolution. Some avenues of future research we see as critical are provided. The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has played a direct and important role in fostering the development of understanding mesoscale surface-forced circulations. The significance of AMS journal publications and conferences on this and interrelated atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrological fields, as well as those by sister scientific organizations, are demonstrated through extensive relevant citations.
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Experience tells us that the surface has a large impact on the weather conditions we experience at the ground
The accompanying numerical simulations revealed a low pressure region that deepened with distance into the wind farm if turbines were sufficiently close together. These results suggest that flow convergence and enhancement of vertical velocity over a wind farm should be examined as a mechanism for mesoscale modification due to wind farms
A complete review of all such types of circulations would be beyond the scope of this chapter
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100 Years of Progress in Mesoscale Planetary Boundary Layer Meteorological Research. Climate and Atmospheric Science Section, Division of State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Climate and Atmospheric Science Section, Division of State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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