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Sensitivity of GPS tropospheric estimates to mesoscale convective systems in West Africa / Samuel Nahmani in Atmospheric chemistry and physics, vol 19 n° 14 (juillet 2019)
Titre : Sensitivity of GPS tropospheric estimates to mesoscale convective systems in West Africa Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Samuel Nahmani Année de publication : 2019 Article en page(s) : pp 9541 - 9561 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale
[Termes descripteurs IGN] Afrique occidentale
[Termes descripteurs IGN] bande C
[Termes descripteurs IGN] convection
[Termes descripteurs IGN] données GPS
[Termes descripteurs IGN] GAMIT
[Termes descripteurs IGN] GIPSY-OASIS
[Termes descripteurs IGN] meso échelle
[Termes descripteurs IGN] Niger
[Termes descripteurs IGN] propagation troposphérique
[Termes descripteurs IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal
[Termes descripteurs IGN] signal GPSRésumé : (Auteur) This study analyzes the characteristics of GPS tropospheric estimates (zenith wet delays – ZWDs, gradients, and post-fit phase residuals) during the passage of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) and evaluates their sensitivity to the research-level GPS data processing strategy implemented. Here, we focus on MCS events observed during the monsoon season of West Africa. This region is particularly well suited for the study of these events due to the high frequency of MCS occurrences in the contrasting climatic environments between the Guinean coast and the Sahel. This contrast is well sampled with data generated by six African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) GPS stations. Tropospheric estimates for a 3-year period (2006–2008), processed with both the GAMIT and GIPSY-OASIS software packages, were analyzed and intercompared. First, the case of a MCS that passed over Niamey, Niger, on 11 August 2006 demonstrates a strong impact of the MCS on GPS estimates and post-fit residuals when the GPS signals propagate through the convective cells as detected on reflectivity maps from the MIT C-band Doppler radar. The estimates are also capable of detecting changes in the structure and dynamics of the MCS. However, the sensitivity is different depending on the tropospheric modeling approach adopted in the software. With GIPSY-OASIS, the high temporal sampling (5 min) of ZWDs and gradients is well suited for detecting the small-scale, short-lived, convective cells, while the post-fit residuals remain quite small. With GAMIT, the lower temporal sampling of the estimated parameters (hourly for ZWDs and daily for gradients) is not sufficient to capture the rapid delay variations associated with the passage of the MCS, but the post-fit phase residuals clearly reflect the presence of a strong refractivity anomaly. The results are generalized with a composite analysis of 414 MCS events observed over the 3-year period at the six GPS stations with the GIPSY-OASIS estimates. A systematic peak is found in the ZWDs coincident with the cold pool crossing time associated with the MCSs. The tropospheric gradients reflect the path of the MCS propagation (generally from east to west). This study concludes that ZWDs, gradients, and post-fit phase residuals provide relevant and complementary information on MCSs passing over or in the vicinity of a GPS station. Numéro de notice : A2019-572 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Numéro de périodique DOI : 10.5194/acp-19-9541-2019 date de publication en ligne : 29/07/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9541-2019 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94444
in Atmospheric chemistry and physics > vol 19 n° 14 (juillet 2019) . - pp 9541 - 9561[article]Documents numériques
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Titre : Multi‐scale observations of atmospheric moisture variability in relation to heavy precipitating systems in the northwestern Mediterranean during HyMeX IOP12 Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Samiro Khodayar, Auteur ; Beata Czajka, Auteur ; Alberto Caldas-Álvarez, Auteur ; Sebastian Helgert, Auteur ; Cyrille Flamant, Auteur ; Olivier Bock Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 2761 - 2780 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale
[Termes descripteurs IGN] convection
[Termes descripteurs IGN] coordonnées GPS
[Termes descripteurs IGN] couche atmosphérique
[Termes descripteurs IGN] distribution spatiale
[Termes descripteurs IGN] données météorologiques
[Termes descripteurs IGN] humidité de l'air
[Termes descripteurs IGN] image Cosmo-Skymed
[Termes descripteurs IGN] Méditerranée, mer
[Termes descripteurs IGN] teneur intégré en vapeur d'eau
[Termes descripteurs IGN] troposphèreRésumé : (auteur) The deployment of special instrumentation for the Hydrological Cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX) provides a valuable opportunity to investigate the spatio‐temporal variability of atmospheric water vapour across scales in relationship with the occurrence of Heavy Precipitation Systems (HPSs) in the north Western Mediterranean (WMed) during the Intensive Observation Period (IOP12), which is the focus of this investigation. High‐resolution convection‐permitting COSMO simulations complement the observational network and allow the calculation of on‐line trajectories. In addition to the presence of a favourable large‐scale situation and low‐level convergence, atmospheric moisture changes resulting in conditionally unstable air are identified as responsible for convective initiation (CI). All HPSs within the north‐WMed form in periods/areas of maximum integrated water vapour (IWV; 35–45 kg/m2) after an increase of about 10–20 kg/m2. The most intense events receive moisture from different sources simultaneously and show a sudden increase of about 10 kg/m2 between 6 and 12 h prior to the event, whereas in the less intense events the increase is larger, about 20 kg/m2, over a period of at least 24–36 h. Changes in the lower (∼900 hPa) and mid‐troposphere (∼700 hPa) control the evolution of the atmospheric moisture and the instability increase prior to CI. Spatial inhomogeneities in the lower boundary layer determine the timing and location of deep convection, whereas enhanced moisture in the mid‐troposphere favours intensification. Moister and deeper boundary layers, with updraughts reaching up to 2 km are identified in those pre‐convective environments leading to HPS, whereas dry, shallow boundary layers are found everywhere else. The build‐up time and vertical distribution of the moisture changes are found to be crucial for the evolution and severity of the HPSs rather than the amount of total column atmospheric moisture. Numéro de notice : A2018-550 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1002/qj.3402 date de publication en ligne : 09/09/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3402 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91637
in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society > vol 144 n° 717 (October 2018 Part B) . - pp 2761 - 2780[article]
Titre : Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christopher M. Taylor, Auteur ; Danijel Belušić, Auteur ; Françoise Guichard, Auteur ; Douglas J. Parker, Auteur ; Théo Vischel, Auteur ; Olivier Bock Année de publication : 2017 Projets : AMMA / Article en page(s) : pp 475 - 478 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes descripteurs IGN] analyse diachronique
[Termes descripteurs IGN] changement climatique
[Termes descripteurs IGN] convection
[Termes descripteurs IGN] données météorologiques
[Termes descripteurs IGN] pluie
[Termes descripteurs IGN] Sahara, désert du
[Termes descripteurs IGN] Sahel
[Termes descripteurs IGN] température
[Termes descripteurs IGN] tempêteRésumé : (auteur) The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify under global warming, with studies reporting more frequent extreme rain events in many regions of the world, and predicting increases in future flood frequency. Such early, predominantly mid-latitude observations are essential because of shortcomings within climate models in their depiction of convective rainfall. A globally important group of intense storms—mesoscale convective systems (MCSs)—poses a particular challenge, because they organize dynamically on spatial scales that cannot be resolved by conventional climate models. Here, we use 35 years of satellite observations from the West African Sahel to reveal a persistent increase in the frequency of the most intense MCSs. Sahelian storms are some of the most powerful on the planet, and rain gauges in this region have recorded a rise in ‘extreme’ daily rainfall totals. We find that intense MCS frequency is only weakly related to the multidecadal recovery of Sahel annual rainfall, but is highly correlated with global land temperatures. Analysis of trends across Africa reveals that MCS intensification is limited to a narrow band south of the Sahara desert. During this period, wet-season Sahelian temperatures have not risen, ruling out the possibility that rainfall has intensified in response to locally warmer conditions. On the other hand, the meridional temperature gradient spanning the Sahel has increased in recent decades, consistent with anthropogenic forcing driving enhanced Saharan warming. We argue that Saharan warming intensifies convection within Sahelian MCSs through increased wind shear and changes to the Saharan air layer. The meridional gradient is projected to strengthen throughout the twenty-first century, suggesting that the Sahel will experience particularly marked increases in extreme rain. The remarkably rapid intensification of Sahelian MCSs since the 1980s sheds new light on the response of organized tropical convection to global warming, and challenges conventional projections made by general circulation models. Numéro de notice : A2017-859 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1038/nature22069 date de publication en ligne : 26/04/2017 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.1038/nature22069 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89838
in Nature letters > vol 544 n° 7651 (27 April 2017) . - pp 475 - 478[article]
Titre : A seamless weather–climate multi‐model intercomparison on the representation of a high impact weather event in the western Mediterranean: HyMeX IOP12 Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Samiro Khodayar, Auteur ; G. Fosser, Auteur ; S. Berthou, Auteur ; Silvio Davolio, Auteur ; P. Drobinski, Auteur ; Véronique Ducrocq, Auteur ; Rossella Ferretti, Auteur ; Mathieu Nuret, Auteur ; E. Pichelli, Auteur ; E. Richard, Auteur ; Olivier Bock Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 433 - 452 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale
[Termes descripteurs IGN] analyse comparative
[Termes descripteurs IGN] bassin méditerranéen
[Termes descripteurs IGN] climat méditerranéen
[Termes descripteurs IGN] convection
[Termes descripteurs IGN] distribution spatiale
[Termes descripteurs IGN] données météorologiques
[Termes descripteurs IGN] humidité de l'air
[Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle météorologique
[Termes descripteurs IGN] précipitation
[Termes descripteurs IGN] vapeur d'eau
[Termes descripteurs IGN] variabilitéRésumé : (auteur) High Impact Weather (HIW), particularly Heavy Precipitation Events (HPE), are common phenomena affecting the western Mediterranean (WMED) especially in the autumn period. Understanding and evaluating the capability to adequately represent such events in model simulations is one of the main goals of the Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX) and the main motivation of this investigation.
In order to gain a better knowledge of the model representation of HPE and related processes we perform a seamless multi‐model intercomparison at the event scale. Limited‐area model runs (grid spacing from 2 to 20 km) at weather and climate time‐scales are considered, four with parametrized and five with explicit convection. The performance of the nine models is compared by analysing precipitation, as well as convection‐relevant parameters. An Intensive Observation Period (IOP12) from the HyMeX‐SOP1 (Special Observation Period) is used to illustrate the results. During IOP12, HPE affected the northwestern Mediterranean region, from Spain to Italy, as a consequence of Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) which initiated and intensified in the area of investigation. Results show that: (i) the timing of the maximum precipitation seems to be linked to the representation of large‐scale conditions rather than differences among models; (ii) Convection Permitting Models (CPMs) exhibit differences among each other, but better represent the short‐intense convective events. All four convection‐parametrized models produce a large number of weak and long‐lasting events. Regional Climate Models (RCMs) capture the occurrence of the event but produce notably lower precipitation amounts and hourly intensities than CPMs and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models with parametrized convection; (iii) these differences do not seem to come from mean moisture or Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) which are in the same range for all models, but rather from differences in the variability and vertical distribution of moisture and the triggering of deep convection.Numéro de notice : A2016--174 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1002/qj.2700 date de publication en ligne : 29/10/2015 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2700 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91787
in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society > vol 142 n° S1 (August 2016) . - pp 433 - 452[article]
Titre : The variability of water vapour and pre-convective conditions over the mountainous island of Corsica Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Bianca Adler, Auteur ; Norbert Kalthoff, Auteur ; Martin Kohler, Auteur ; Jan Handwerker, Auteur ; Andreas Wieser, Auteur ; Ulrich Corsmeier, Auteur ; Christoph Kottmeier, Auteur ; Dominique Lambert, Auteur ; Olivier Bock Année de publication : 2016 Projets : HyMeX / Article en page(s) : pp 335 - 346 Note générale : biblographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale
[Termes descripteurs IGN] circulation atmosphérique
[Termes descripteurs IGN] convection
[Termes descripteurs IGN] coordonnées GPS
[Termes descripteurs IGN] Corse
[Termes descripteurs IGN] couche atmosphérique
[Termes descripteurs IGN] données météorologiques
[Termes descripteurs IGN] teneur intégré en vapeur d'eauRésumé : (auteur) Comprehensive measurements were carried out on the mountainous island of Corsica during the Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX) field campaign in 2012. Using data from an operational GPS network, radiosondes and microwave radiometers, we studied the spatio-temporal variability of integrated water vapour (IWV) and convection-related parameters in the pre-convective environment over the island. The following spatial differences in the IWV evolution occurred frequently. In the interior of the island the IWV strongly increased around noon, while on the upstream coast only small variations were observed. We showed that a transport of water vapour with thermally driven circulations and the formation of elevated humidity layers due to advective venting caused the diurnal IWV variation over and downstream of the mountains. Spatial inhomogeneities in the pre-convective atmospheric conditions evolved and the knowledge of these turned out to be crucial to understanding the timing and location of isolated deep convection over the island. Numéro de notice : A2016-937 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1002/qj.2545 date de publication en ligne : 04/03/2015 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2545 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=83290
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