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MARYLAND WIND CLIMATOLOGY FROM WIND PROFILERS Konstantin Vinnikov & Eric Hohman (Office of State Climatologist for Maryland) Russell Dickerson (Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland) Joel Dreessen (Maryland Department of the Environment) American Association of State Climatologists, 40 th Annual Meeting, Cape May, NJ. June 23-26, 2015 MARYLAND WIND PROFILERS: 1. Fort Mede, MD 9/1998-5/ Beltsville, MD: 5/2005 – now. 3. Piney Run, MD: 5/2005 – now. 4. Horn Point, MD: 4/2012 – now. Observed variables are: Wind speed S(t,z) and Wind direction D(t,z)

Image of Wind Profiler in PINEY RUN, MD. The photo obtained from Krask (2013) – Maryland Department of Environment

NONHOMOGENIETIES IN THE OBSERVED DATA BEFORE APRIL 2012 Vertical resolution: Data reported at 44 altitudes, 171 : 91.6 : 4,108 m. Temporal resolution: 15-minute average reported every 15 minutes. AFTER APRIL 2012 Vertical resolution: Data reported at 67 altitudes, 148 : 59.2 : 4056 m. Temporal resolution: 30-minute average reported every 6 minutes. HOMOGENIZATION of TIME SERIES 1. Compute U-zonal and V-meridional wind components. 2. Compute 30-minute averages of U and V wind components. Vectoral averaging. 3. Define standard altitudes: 39 altitudes, 200 : 100 : 4,000 m. 4. Linear interpolation U and V into standard altitudes. Extrapolation is forbidden. U(t,z), V(t,z), S(t,z); t(Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute). Climatic Box-averaging 1 Month x 1 Hour. Results: U(Month, Hour, Altitude), V(Month, Hour, Altitude), and Scalar box-averaged wind speed S(Month, Hour, Altitude)

Diurnal/Seasonal wind climatology at different altitudes. LST=EST

Diurnal/Altitudinal wind climatology at different months. LST=EST

Seasonal/Altitudinal wind climatology at different time of day NOON, EST MIDNIGHT, EST

WINDROSES, BELTSVILLE (53 m ASL), MD, JULY DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY (EST), DIFFERENT ALTITUDES (AGL)

WINDROSES, BELTSVILLE (53 m ASL), MD, DECEMBER DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY (EST), DIFFERENT ALTITUDES (AGL)

Piney Run, MD. 763 m ASL 0.5 km AGL 1 km AGL 2 km AGL SCALAR MEAN WIND SPEED AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES AT THREE STATIONS. LST=EST Beltsville, MD. 53 m ASL Horn Point, MD. 4 m ASL

Piney Run, MD. 763m AUGUST JULY JUNE SCALAR MEAN WIND SPEED FOR JUNE, JULY, AUGUST MONTHS AT THREE STATIONS. LST=EST Beltsville, MD. 53m Horn Point, MD. 4m

Piney Run, MD. 763m FEB. JAN. DEC. SCALAR MEAN WIND SPEED FOR DEC., JAN., FEB. MONTHS AT THREE STATIONS. LST=EST Beltsville, MD. 53m Horn Point, MD. 4m

CONCLUSIONS: All our MD Wind Climatology estimates are in. Homogenization of wind profilers data includes interpolation of wind components U & V into standard levels above ground and temporal averaging of U & V wind components for 30-minute time intervals. Selected Wind Statistics are: Means of wind speed (Scalar, U-zonal, V-meridional, Vectoral); Vectoral mean wind direction, Standard Deviation of wind speed. These Climatic Statistics depend on (1) Altitude, (2) Time of a day (Hour), & (3) Season (Month). Windroses display very large variability of wind direction and this explains why vector mean wind speeds are significantly smaller compared to scalar mean wind velocities Scalar mean wind speed increases with altitude, most dramatically in winter at night and minimally in summer at midday. This is due in part to loss of KE with the surface. Even at a minimum the change in scalar mean wind speed is 2 to 5 m/s between 200 and 2000 m. There is a strong seasonal and daily cycle in winds aloft. There is only a moderate trend in winds from west (Piney Run) to east (Horn Point). In the diel cycle, there is a moderate midday mean wind speed minimum of 20-30%. The daily cycle in winds weakens with altitude and is nearly absent by 2000 m AGL. Wind Climatology for is obtained for planning observation for evaluation of sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in the Washington-Baltimore Corridor Below see some statistics for Low Level Jets (LLJ).

(EST)

1.Approximate S(Z,t)= a(t)Z 3 +b(t)Z 2 +c(t)Z+d(t); 2.Compute altitudes Z 1,2 for Wmax & Wmin from condition d(S,t)/dZ=0; 3.Find (Smax,Zmax) and (Smin,Zmin). 4.CRITERION OF LLJ: Zmin>Zmax & (Smax-Smin)>=5 m/s

DIURNAL/SEASONAL PATTERN OF LLJ OCCURRENCE. LST=EST. CRITERION OF LLJ: Zmin>Zmax & (Smax-Smin)>=5 m/s The LLJ is a common, even persistent feature of nighttime flow. The mean LLJ altitudes of wind speed maximum and minimum are Piney Run: Zmax=0.57±0.15 km & Zmin= Zmax=1.61±0.20 km; Beltsville: Zmax=0.54±0.15 km & Zmin= Zmax=1.60±0.19 km; Horn Point: Zmax=0.57±0.16 km & Zmin= Zmax=1.63±0.19 km. Altitude of LLJ AGL is very stable and does not depend on elevation of station ASL.