Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection
- Autores
- Nicolini, Matilde; Garcia Skabar, Yanina
- Año de publicación
- 2011
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- The South American Low-Level Jet Experiment (SALLJEX) provided a unique dataset to investigate the existence of a mesoscale low-level circulation and of a diurnal cycle in its related convergence pattern over the Southeastern South American region east of the Andes, as well as its relationship with deep convection during the warm season. The present paper builds upon high-resolution analyses produced, assimilating the data collected during the SALLJEX field campaign using BRAMS, and explores their capability to reproduce mesoscale circulations not resolved by the low density observational network available in this region. Results of the analyses show a diurnal oscillation signal in the mean boundary layer convergence pattern over the plains with a nocturnal (daytime) convergence (divergence) maximum. These results are coherent with previous findings of a nocturnal phase in the mature stage of organized deep convection and related precipitation in subtropical latitudes east of the Andes during the warm season. The diurnal cycle of convergence/divergence in the boundary layer is described over a 15-day period, during which different synoptic conditions occurred. During weakly forced environments a regime characterized by nocturnal eastward anomaly flow and convergence and daytime westward anomaly flow and divergence related to a mesoscale northwestern mountain-central plain flow regime dominates over the plains between the Andes Mountains, the Parana River Valley, and the southern Brazil mountain range. In contrast, during synoptic conditions dominated by the presence of a deep thermal low over northwestern Argentina and a related low-level jet, convergence at night is mainly accomplished by the predominantly meridional low-level jet, which exhibits an anomalous weak wind speed diurnal cycle with respect to its summer climatological mean. On the other hand daytime divergence is completely produced by the zonal wind component as in the previous synoptic situation. Mesoscale circulations are altered (still effecting mean divergence in the domain, which exhibits a diurnal oscillation) upon the initiation of deep convective circulations in the evening in an increasingly convectively unstable atmosphere driven by a persistent horizontal advection of heat and moisture at low levels and forced by convergence generated by the low-level jet and the presence of a frontal zone. Convection intensifies at night when its related convergence over the plains comes in phase with the convergence related to the nocturnal maximum in the low-level jet.
Fil: Nicolini, Matilde. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina
Fil: Garcia Skabar, Yanina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Ministerio de Defensa. Secretaria de Planeamiento. Servicio Meteorológico Nacional; Argentina - Materia
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Andes Mountain Range
Boundary Layer Convergence
Initiation of Deep Convection
Low-Level Jet
Mesoscale Mountain-Plain Wind Regime - Nivel de accesibilidad
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Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convectionNicolini, MatildeGarcia Skabar, YaninaAndes Mountain RangeBoundary Layer ConvergenceInitiation of Deep ConvectionLow-Level JetMesoscale Mountain-Plain Wind Regimehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The South American Low-Level Jet Experiment (SALLJEX) provided a unique dataset to investigate the existence of a mesoscale low-level circulation and of a diurnal cycle in its related convergence pattern over the Southeastern South American region east of the Andes, as well as its relationship with deep convection during the warm season. The present paper builds upon high-resolution analyses produced, assimilating the data collected during the SALLJEX field campaign using BRAMS, and explores their capability to reproduce mesoscale circulations not resolved by the low density observational network available in this region. Results of the analyses show a diurnal oscillation signal in the mean boundary layer convergence pattern over the plains with a nocturnal (daytime) convergence (divergence) maximum. These results are coherent with previous findings of a nocturnal phase in the mature stage of organized deep convection and related precipitation in subtropical latitudes east of the Andes during the warm season. The diurnal cycle of convergence/divergence in the boundary layer is described over a 15-day period, during which different synoptic conditions occurred. During weakly forced environments a regime characterized by nocturnal eastward anomaly flow and convergence and daytime westward anomaly flow and divergence related to a mesoscale northwestern mountain-central plain flow regime dominates over the plains between the Andes Mountains, the Parana River Valley, and the southern Brazil mountain range. In contrast, during synoptic conditions dominated by the presence of a deep thermal low over northwestern Argentina and a related low-level jet, convergence at night is mainly accomplished by the predominantly meridional low-level jet, which exhibits an anomalous weak wind speed diurnal cycle with respect to its summer climatological mean. On the other hand daytime divergence is completely produced by the zonal wind component as in the previous synoptic situation. Mesoscale circulations are altered (still effecting mean divergence in the domain, which exhibits a diurnal oscillation) upon the initiation of deep convective circulations in the evening in an increasingly convectively unstable atmosphere driven by a persistent horizontal advection of heat and moisture at low levels and forced by convergence generated by the low-level jet and the presence of a frontal zone. Convection intensifies at night when its related convergence over the plains comes in phase with the convergence related to the nocturnal maximum in the low-level jet.Fil: Nicolini, Matilde. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; ArgentinaFil: Garcia Skabar, Yanina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Ministerio de Defensa. Secretaria de Planeamiento. Servicio Meteorológico Nacional; ArgentinaElsevier Science Inc2011-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/68739Nicolini, Matilde; Garcia Skabar, Yanina; Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection; Elsevier Science Inc; Atmospheric Research; 100; 4; 6-2011; 377-3900169-8095CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.09.019info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809510002577info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:47:57Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/68739instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:47:57.387CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection |
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Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection |
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Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection Nicolini, Matilde Andes Mountain Range Boundary Layer Convergence Initiation of Deep Convection Low-Level Jet Mesoscale Mountain-Plain Wind Regime |
title_short |
Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection |
title_full |
Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection |
title_fullStr |
Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection |
title_full_unstemmed |
Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection |
title_sort |
Diurnal cycle in convergence patterns in the boundary layer east of the Andes and convection |
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Nicolini, Matilde Garcia Skabar, Yanina |
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Nicolini, Matilde |
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Nicolini, Matilde Garcia Skabar, Yanina |
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Garcia Skabar, Yanina |
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Andes Mountain Range Boundary Layer Convergence Initiation of Deep Convection Low-Level Jet Mesoscale Mountain-Plain Wind Regime |
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Andes Mountain Range Boundary Layer Convergence Initiation of Deep Convection Low-Level Jet Mesoscale Mountain-Plain Wind Regime |
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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The South American Low-Level Jet Experiment (SALLJEX) provided a unique dataset to investigate the existence of a mesoscale low-level circulation and of a diurnal cycle in its related convergence pattern over the Southeastern South American region east of the Andes, as well as its relationship with deep convection during the warm season. The present paper builds upon high-resolution analyses produced, assimilating the data collected during the SALLJEX field campaign using BRAMS, and explores their capability to reproduce mesoscale circulations not resolved by the low density observational network available in this region. Results of the analyses show a diurnal oscillation signal in the mean boundary layer convergence pattern over the plains with a nocturnal (daytime) convergence (divergence) maximum. These results are coherent with previous findings of a nocturnal phase in the mature stage of organized deep convection and related precipitation in subtropical latitudes east of the Andes during the warm season. The diurnal cycle of convergence/divergence in the boundary layer is described over a 15-day period, during which different synoptic conditions occurred. During weakly forced environments a regime characterized by nocturnal eastward anomaly flow and convergence and daytime westward anomaly flow and divergence related to a mesoscale northwestern mountain-central plain flow regime dominates over the plains between the Andes Mountains, the Parana River Valley, and the southern Brazil mountain range. In contrast, during synoptic conditions dominated by the presence of a deep thermal low over northwestern Argentina and a related low-level jet, convergence at night is mainly accomplished by the predominantly meridional low-level jet, which exhibits an anomalous weak wind speed diurnal cycle with respect to its summer climatological mean. On the other hand daytime divergence is completely produced by the zonal wind component as in the previous synoptic situation. Mesoscale circulations are altered (still effecting mean divergence in the domain, which exhibits a diurnal oscillation) upon the initiation of deep convective circulations in the evening in an increasingly convectively unstable atmosphere driven by a persistent horizontal advection of heat and moisture at low levels and forced by convergence generated by the low-level jet and the presence of a frontal zone. Convection intensifies at night when its related convergence over the plains comes in phase with the convergence related to the nocturnal maximum in the low-level jet. Fil: Nicolini, Matilde. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina Fil: Garcia Skabar, Yanina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera; Argentina. Ministerio de Defensa. Secretaria de Planeamiento. Servicio Meteorológico Nacional; Argentina |
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The South American Low-Level Jet Experiment (SALLJEX) provided a unique dataset to investigate the existence of a mesoscale low-level circulation and of a diurnal cycle in its related convergence pattern over the Southeastern South American region east of the Andes, as well as its relationship with deep convection during the warm season. The present paper builds upon high-resolution analyses produced, assimilating the data collected during the SALLJEX field campaign using BRAMS, and explores their capability to reproduce mesoscale circulations not resolved by the low density observational network available in this region. Results of the analyses show a diurnal oscillation signal in the mean boundary layer convergence pattern over the plains with a nocturnal (daytime) convergence (divergence) maximum. These results are coherent with previous findings of a nocturnal phase in the mature stage of organized deep convection and related precipitation in subtropical latitudes east of the Andes during the warm season. The diurnal cycle of convergence/divergence in the boundary layer is described over a 15-day period, during which different synoptic conditions occurred. During weakly forced environments a regime characterized by nocturnal eastward anomaly flow and convergence and daytime westward anomaly flow and divergence related to a mesoscale northwestern mountain-central plain flow regime dominates over the plains between the Andes Mountains, the Parana River Valley, and the southern Brazil mountain range. In contrast, during synoptic conditions dominated by the presence of a deep thermal low over northwestern Argentina and a related low-level jet, convergence at night is mainly accomplished by the predominantly meridional low-level jet, which exhibits an anomalous weak wind speed diurnal cycle with respect to its summer climatological mean. On the other hand daytime divergence is completely produced by the zonal wind component as in the previous synoptic situation. Mesoscale circulations are altered (still effecting mean divergence in the domain, which exhibits a diurnal oscillation) upon the initiation of deep convective circulations in the evening in an increasingly convectively unstable atmosphere driven by a persistent horizontal advection of heat and moisture at low levels and forced by convergence generated by the low-level jet and the presence of a frontal zone. Convection intensifies at night when its related convergence over the plains comes in phase with the convergence related to the nocturnal maximum in the low-level jet. |
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