Sea-land breeze diurnal component and its interaction with a cold front on the coast of Sisal, Yucatan: A case study

Allende‐Arandía, Ma. Eugenia; Zavala‐Hidalgo, Jorge; Torres-Freyermuth, Alec; Appendini, Christian M.; Cerezo‐Mota, Ruth; Taylor-Espinosa, Nidia

doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105051

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“…Both agreed with the observation very well (Figure 2d). The model slightly overestimated the winds in the PRE region, possibly due to the land-surface parameterization approximation and the smooth topography in the WRF model [45]. At 2200 LST, the mountain wind circulation driven by the outer PRD mountains developed and became dominant in the region at 2200 LST, and the sea breezes tended to end in both observations and simulated results (Figure 2f).…”

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The Effects of Topography and Urban Agglomeration on the Sea Breeze Evolution over the Pearl River Delta Region

Yuan

Liu

et al. 2021

Atmosphere

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Sea breezes are one of the most important weather processes affecting the environmental and climatic features over coastal areas, and the sea breeze from the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) has significant effects on the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region. We simulated a typical sea breeze process that occurred on 27 December 2020 in the PRD region using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to quantify the effects of topography and city clusters on the development of the sea breeze circulation. The results show that: (1) the topography on the west coast of the PRD tends to block the intrusion of the sea breeze and detour it along the eastern part of the terrain in the southeast of Jiangmen. The depth of sea breeze along the position of the detour is increased by 120 m, the penetration distance is increased by 40 km, the maximum intensity of sea breeze decreases by ~0.4 m/s, and the time of maximum speed delays for 4 h. However, on the east coast, the topography promotes the sea breeze, resulting in an occurrence about 4 h earlier due to the heating effects. The depth and the speed of the sea breeze are increased by 466 m and 1.2 m/s, respectively. (2) Under the influence of Urban Heat Island Circulation (UHIC), the sea breezes reach cities near the coast an hour earlier and are later inhibited from propagating further inland. Moreover, a wind convergence zone with a speed of 3–5 m/s and a width of about 25 km is formed along the boundary of suburbs and cities in the PRD region. As a result, two important convergence areas: Foshan–Guangzhou, and Dongguan–Shenzhen are formed. (3) Overall, the topography has a more remarkable impact on the mesoscale wind field especially in the mountain and bay areas, resulting in an average speed disturbance of 2.8 m/s. The urban heat island effect is relatively small and on average it causes only ± 0.9–1.8 m/s wind speed perturbations in the periphery of two convergence areas and over PRE.

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Section: Validation Of the Ctrl Experimentsmentioning

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The Effects of Topography and Urban Agglomeration on the Sea Breeze Evolution over the Pearl River Delta Region

Yuan

Liu

et al. 2021

Atmosphere

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“…The IOA group has used the WRF model in several research areas, such as incorporating accurate land cover data into atmospheric modeling to improve regional climate simulation and weather forecast accuracy [27,28]. They have also studied the sensitivity of the WRF model to different initial and boundary conditions of the Global Forecast System model at various resolutions [29], analyzed the model's performance in capturing the dynamics of sea breezes and their interactions with other meteorological phenomena [30], and evaluated the model's sensitivity to different Land Surface Models (LSMs) to reproduce surface temperature variations in Mexico [31].…”

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Outlook for Offshore Wind Energy Development in Mexico from WRF Simulations and CMIP6 Projections

Meza-Carreto,

Romero-Centeno,

Figueroa-Espinoza

et al. 2024

Energies

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This study presents a comprehensive assessment of the offshore wind energy potential in Mexico across 40 years (1979–2018) of numerical simulations using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and data from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). The WRF identifies three regions with moderate to good wind potential: off the north coast of Tamaulipas (Zone I), the northwest coast of Yucatan (Zone II), and the Gulf of Tehuantepec (Zone III). The analysis involves comparing 47 CMIP6 climate models with the WRF results and selecting the best performing models to obtain future projections for the short term (2040–2069) and the long term (2070–2099). Two ensemble-based strategies were implemented. The first one, which uses an intersection approach from which four CMIP6 models were considered, reveals positive percentage differences in Zone II for both future projections, especially for the long-term one. In Zones I and III, positive values are also observed near the coast, mainly for the long-term projection, but they are considerably lower compared to those in Zone II. The second ensemble strategy uses weight assignment through the Mean Absolute Percentage Error, so that a greater weight is given to the model that performed better in each particular zone, potentially providing more accurate results. The findings suggest the likelihood of increased offshore wind energy in these three zones of Mexico, for both short- and long-term future projections, with positive percentage differences of up to 10% in certain areas.

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“…Being a coastal metropolitan in Southeast Asia, GBK is under the influence of land–sea breeze, which can affect the transport and dispersion of air pollutants leading to improvement or worsening of the air quality as reported in other studies across the world [ 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ]. Sea breeze can be modulated by topography [ 25 ], atmospheric stability [ 26 ], local prevailing winds, the Coriolis force [ 27 ], and interaction with synoptic winds [ 28 , 29 , 30 ]. Many studies have been carried out globally using observation data and modeling on sea breeze characterization [ 31 , 32 , 33 ] and its effects on air pollution with/without incorporating the effect of synoptic winds [ 22 , 34 , 35 ].…”

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A Study of Urban Haze and Its Association with Cold Surge and Sea Breeze for Greater Bangkok

Aman

Manomaiphiboon

Pala-En³

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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This study deals with haze characteristics under the influence of the cold surge and sea breeze for Greater Bangkok (GBK) in 2017–2022, including haze intensity and duration, meteorological classification for haze, and the potential effects of secondary aerosols and biomass burning. A total of 38 haze episodes and 159 haze days were identified. The episode duration varies from a single day to up to 14 days, suggesting different pathways of its formation and evolution. Short-duration episodes of 1–2 days are the most frequent with 18 episodes, and the frequency of haze episodes decreases as the haze duration increases. The increase in complexity in the formation of relatively longer episodes is suggested by a relatively higher coefficient of variation for PM2.5. Four meteorology-based types of haze episodes were classified. Type I is caused by the arrival of the cold surge in GBK, which leads to the development of stagnant conditions favorable for haze formation. Type II is induced by sea breeze, which leads to the accumulation of air pollutants due to its local recirculation and development of the thermal internal boundary layer. Type III consists of the haze episodes caused by the synergetic effect of the cold surge and sea breeze while Type IV consists of short haze episodes that are not affected by either the cold surge or sea breeze. Type II is the most frequent (15 episodes), while Type III is the most persistent and most polluted haze type. The spread of haze or region of relatively higher aerosol optical depth outside GBK in Type III is potentially due to advection and dispersion, while that in Type IV is due to short 1-day episodes potentially affected by biomass burning. Due to cold surge, the coolest and driest weather condition is found under Type I, while Type II has the most humid condition and highest recirculation factor due to the highest average sea breeze duration and penetration. The precursor ratio method suggests the potential effect of secondary aerosols on 34% of the total haze episodes. Additionally, biomass burning is found to potentially affect half of the total episodes as suggested by the examination of back trajectories and fire hotspots. Based on these results, some policy implications and future work are also suggested.

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Sea-land breeze diurnal component and its interaction with a cold front on the coast of Sisal, Yucatan: A case study

Cited by 12 publications

References 78 publications

The Effects of Topography and Urban Agglomeration on the Sea Breeze Evolution over the Pearl River Delta Region

The Effects of Topography and Urban Agglomeration on the Sea Breeze Evolution over the Pearl River Delta Region

Outlook for Offshore Wind Energy Development in Mexico from WRF Simulations and CMIP6 Projections

A Study of Urban Haze and Its Association with Cold Surge and Sea Breeze for Greater Bangkok

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