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Simulation analysis of local land atmosphere coupling in rainy season over a typical underlying surface in the Tibetan Plateau
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory
(Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
Zeyong Hu
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
CAS Center for Excellence and Innovation in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing, China
Zhipeng Xie
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jiemin Wang
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China
Song Yang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory
(Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
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Short summary
We investigate the influence of soil conditions on the planetary boundary layer (PBL) thermodynamics and convective cloud formations over a typical underlying surface, based on a series of simulations on a sunny day in the Tibetan Plateau, using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The real-case simulation and sensitivity simulations indicate that the soil moisture could have a strong impact on PBL thermodynamics, which may be favorable for the convective cloud formations.
We investigate the influence of soil conditions on the planetary boundary layer (PBL)...
