Open AccessHigh resolution studies of the Gibraltar Levanter validated using sun‐glint anemometry
Author(s) -
Capon R. A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1017/s135048270600226x
Subject(s) - orography , meteorology , inversion (geology) , high resolution , climatology , geology , environmental science , mesoscale meteorology , remote sensing , geography , geomorphology , precipitation , structural basin
The Levanter is an easterly wind which frequently blows for several hours through the Strait of Gibraltar in summer. In the presence of a strong capping inversion, a synoptic or local scale pressure gradient forces the air through the gap between the orography on either side of the Strait. This flow cannot be resolved with either a global NWP model or a simplified linear model. Results from two Levanter cases, run using the Met Office Unified Model Version 5.3 at 1 km horizontal resolution over a 300×250 km limited area domain covering the Strait of Gibraltar, are presented, together with an unexpected source of verification. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.