Open AccessDetecting the structure of marine atmospheric boundary layer over the Northern South China Sea by shipboard GPS sondes
Author(s) -
Peng Shiqiu,
Zhu Yuhang,
Huang Ke,
Ding Xuanru,
Shi Rui,
Wu Dongmei,
Feng Yerong,
Wang Dongxiao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl.693
Subject(s) - global positioning system , environmental science , climatology , boundary layer , meteorology , china , remote sensing , planetary boundary layer , geology , geodesy , geography , computer science , aerospace engineering , engineering , telecommunications , archaeology , turbulence
Global Positioning System (GPS) sondes has been launched over the Northern South China Sea (NSCS) during the marine survey cruise each summer since 2006. These GPS‐sounding data provide a great opportunity to monitor the vertical structure of marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) which is very important to the high‐impact weather systems influencing the coastal regions. Our analysis on these GPS soundings reveals that the vertical structure of MABL over the NSCS is apparently correlated with the surface atmospheric stability. These MABL observations collected by GPS sondes are quite valuable for the forecasting of high‐impact weather systems in the coastal regions of the southern China.