TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heinemann, Günther
T1  - Assessment of regional climate model simulations of the katabatic  boundary layer structure over Greenland
T2  - Atmosphere
N2  - The parameterization of the boundary layer is a challenge for regional climate models of the Arctic. In particular, the stable boundary layer (SBL) over Greenland, being the main driver for substantial katabatic winds over the slopes, is simulated differently by different regional climate models or using different parameterizations of the same model. However, verification data sets with high-resolution profiles of the katabatic wind are rare. In the present paper, detailed aircraft measurements of profiles in the katabatic wind and automatic weather station data during the experiment KABEG (Katabatic wind and boundary-layer front experiment around Greenland) in April and May 1997 are used for the verification of the regional climate model COSMO-CLM (CCLM) nested in ERA-Interim reanalyses. CCLM is used in a forecast mode for the whole Arctic with 15 km resolution and is run in the standard configuration of SBL parameterization and with modified SBL parameterization. In the modified version, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) production and the transfer coefficients for turbulent fluxes in the SBL are reduced, leading to higher stability of the SBL. This leads to a more realistic representation of the daily temperature cycle and of the SBL structure in terms of temperature and wind profiles for the lowest 200 m.
KW  - katabatic wind
KW  - Greenland
KW  - stable boundary layer
KW  - turbulence parameterization
KW  - Grönland
KW  - Katabatischer Wind
KW  - Atmosphärische Grenzschicht
KW  - Atmosphärische Turbulenz
KW  - Klima
KW  - Mathematisches Modell
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1654
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-16541
IS  - 11/6
SP  - 1
EP  - 18
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -