摘要
Aseriesofidealizedmodelsimulationsareanalyzedtodeterminethesensitivityofmodelresultstodifferentconfigurationsofthelateralboundaryconditions(LBCs)insimulatingmesoscaleshallowconvectionoverhillyterrain.Inthesimulationswithsteadythermalforcingatthemodelsurface,aradiationconditionatbothboundariesisthebestchoiceunderhighwindconditions,andthebestresultsareproducedwhenboththenormalvelocitiesandthetemperaturearetreatedwiththeradiationschemeinwhichthephasespeedisthesamefordifferentvariables.Whenthebackgroundwindspeedisreasonablysmall,theLBCconfigurationwitheithertheradiationorthezerogradientconditionatbothboundariestendstomakethenumericalsolutionunstable.Thechoiceofaconstantconditionattheinflowboundaryandaradiationoutflowboundaryconditionisappropriateinmostcases.Inthesimulationswithdiurnalthermalforcingatthemodelsurface,differentLBCschemesarecombinedtogethertoreducespurioussignalsinducedbytheoutflowboundary.Aspecificationinflowboundarycondition,inwhichthevelocityfieldsattheinflowboundaryareprovidedusingthetime-dependentresultsofasimulationwithperiodicLBCsoveraflatdomain,istestedandtheresultsindicatethatthespecificationconditionattheinflowboundarymakesitpossibletouseasmallermodeldomaintoobtainreasonableresults.Themodelhorizontaldomainlengthshouldbegreaterthanacriticallength,whichdependsonthedomaindepthHandtheanglebetweengravitywavephaselinesandthevertical.Anestimateofminimumdomainlengthisgivenby[(H-zi)/πU]√N2L2x-4π2U2,whereNandUarethebackgroundstabilityandwindspeed,respectively,Lxisthetypicalgravitywavelengthscale,andziistheconvectiveboundarylayer(CBL)depth.
出版日期
2004年04月14日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
