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EART30351 Lecture 2

Examples of radiosonde profiles: temperature vs height stratosphere stratosphere T T troposphere troposphere Examples of radiosonde profiles: temperature vs height I stratosphere stratosphere T T : tropopause; I: inversion (top of boundary layer in this case) troposphere T Temperature generally decreases with height in the troposphere troposphere I

Examples of radiosonde profiles: potential temperature vs height θ always increases with height

Why does θ increase with height? Consider a parcel of air displaced in the vertical Displacement is fast enough to be adiabatic so θ remains constant And Displacement is slow enough that w <<cs, the speed of sound So θ = θ’’ and p’ = p’’ p’,T’,ρ’,θ’ p'’,T’’,ρ’’,θ’’ Δz p,T,ρ,θ

Static stability 1 Consider buoyancy force on displaced parcel (Archimedes): 𝜌 ′′ 𝑧 = 𝜌 ′ − 𝜌 ′′ 𝑔 ∴ 𝑧 = 𝜌 ′ −𝜌′′ 𝜌′′ 𝑔 = 𝑝′ 𝑇′ − 𝑝′′ 𝑇′′ 𝑝′′ 𝑇′′ 𝑔

Static stability 1 Consider buoyancy force on displaced parcel (Archimedes): 𝜌 ′′ 𝑧 = 𝜌 ′ − 𝜌 ′′ 𝑔 ∴ 𝑧 = 𝜌 ′ −𝜌′′ 𝜌′′ 𝑔 = 𝑝′ 𝑇′ − 𝑝′′ 𝑇′′ 𝑝′′ 𝑇′′ 𝑔 But 𝑝 ′ =𝑝′′ ∴ 𝑧 = 1 𝑇′ − 1 𝑇′′ 1 𝑇′′ 𝑔 = 𝑇 ′′ −𝑇′ 𝑇′ 𝑔 = 𝜃 ′′ −𝜃′ 𝜃′ 𝑔 = 𝜃−𝜃′ 𝜃′ 𝑔 =− 𝒈 𝜽 𝝏𝜽 𝝏𝒛 ∆𝒛

Static Stability 2 If ∂θ/∂z >0 we have SHM – the restoring force is positive We get oscillations at the Brunt-Väisälä freq: 𝑁 2 = 𝑔 𝜃 𝜕𝜃 𝜕𝑧 Typically θ ~ 300 K, ∂θ/∂z ~ 40/104 Km-1 N ~ 0.012 rad s-1 Period 𝜏 = 2π/N ~ 10 min

Static Stability 2 If ∂θ/∂z >0 we have SHM – the restoring force is positive We get oscillations at the Brunt-Väisälä freq: 𝑁 2 = 𝑔 𝜃 𝜕𝜃 𝜕𝑧 Typically θ ~ 300 K, ∂θ/∂z ~ 40/104 Km-1 N ~ 0.012 rad s-1 Period 𝜏 = 2π/N ~ 10 min If ∂θ/∂z < 0 then 𝑧 is positive – the parcel accelerates. This is convective instability Convection causes air parcels to mix, and tries to reduce an unstable profile to neutral stability: z z θ θ

Radar wind profiler: growth of the atmospheric mixed layer Radar signal-to-noise is a proxy for turbulence Measurements are from a clear day in summer over land. Note how thermals grow, increasing the depth of the mixed layer until early afternoon. This becomes the height of the boundary layer Top of boundary layer Mixed layer

Evolution of boundary layer After Markowski and Richardson 2010

Lee waves

Formation of Lee waves Flow over hill deflects upwards, creating cloud. Oscillations create lines of clouds. 𝜆=𝑈𝜏= 2𝜋𝑈 𝑁 ~ 10 km for U = 20 ms-1, 𝜏=10 𝑚𝑖𝑛 Cloud Wind, U λ Hill

Dry adiabatic Lapse rate Lapse rate is -∂T/∂z. Adiabatic means ∂θ/∂z=0 𝜃=𝑇 𝑝 0 𝑝 𝜅 so 𝑑𝜃 𝜃 = 𝑑𝑇 𝑇 −𝜅 𝑑𝑝 𝑝 Let dθ=0 ∴ 𝜕𝑇 𝜕𝑧 = 𝑇𝜅 𝑝 𝜕𝑝 𝜕𝑧 =− 𝑇𝜌𝜅𝑔 𝑝 =− 𝑔 𝑐 𝑝 ∴𝐷𝐴𝐿𝑅=− 𝜕𝑇 𝜕𝑧 = 𝑔 𝑐 𝑝 = Γ 𝐷 ΓD takes the value of 10 K km-1 Usually, the lapse rate is 6-7 K km-1 in the lower atmosphere – so the top of Snowdon would be around 6-7 K colder than in Caernarfon.

Lifting a parcel of air Dry parcel Temperature falls at 10 K km-1 Moist parcel cools to saturation Condensation releases latent heat so parcel then cools more slowly z z Parcel lifted Cloud forms T T