Land use and topography influence in a complex terrain area: A high resolution mesoscale modelling study over the Eastern Pyrenees using the WRF model

B Jiménez-Esteve, M Udina, MR Soler, N Pepin… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Different types of land use (LU) have different physical properties which can change local
energy balance and hence vertical fluxes of moisture, heat and momentum. This in turn …

Irrigation impact on boundary layer and precipitation characteristics in Weather Research and Forecasting model simulations during LIAISE‐2021

M Udina, E Peinó, F Polls, J Mercader… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Land Surface Interactions with the Atmosphere over the Iberian Semi‐arid
Environment (LIAISE) campaign examined the impact of anthropization on the water cycle in …

Multi-sensor observations of an elevated rotor during a mountain wave event in the Eastern Pyrenees

M Udina, J Bech, S Gonzalez, MR Soler, A Paci… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The 15 January 2017 a strong northerly synoptic flow lead to the generation of mountain
waves and heavy snowfall over the eastern Pyrenees, particularly over the Cerdanya valley …

Decoupling between precipitation processes and mountain wave induced circulations observed with a vertically pointing K-band doppler radar

S Gonzalez, J Bech, M Udina, B Codina, A Paci… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recent studies reported that precipitation and mountain waves induced low tropospheric
level circulations may be decoupled or masked by greater spatial scale variability despite …

High‐Resolution Large‐Eddy Simulations of Flow in the Complex Terrain of the Canadian Rockies

M Rohanizadegan, RM Petrone… - Earth and Space …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Improving the calculation of land‐atmosphere fluxes of heat and water vapor in mountain
terrain requires better resolution of thermally driven diurnal winds (ie, valley, slope winds) …

WRF-LES simulation of the boundary layer turbulent processes during the BLLAST campaign

M Udina, À Montornès, P Casso, B Kosović, J Bech - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
A real case long-term nested large eddy simulation (LES) of 25-day duration is performed
using the WRF-LES modelling system, with a maximum horizontal grid resolution of 111 m …

Observed versus simulated mountain waves over Scandinavia–improvement of vertical winds, energy and momentum fluxes by enhanced model resolution?

J Wagner, A Dörnbrack, M Rapp… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Two mountain wave events, which occurred over northern Scandinavia in December 2013
are analysed by means of airborne observations and global and mesoscale numerical …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of the WRF and HARMONIE models ability for mountain wave warnings

J Díaz-Fernández, P Bolgiani, D Santos-Muñoz… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mountain lee waves usually involve aircraft icing and turbulence events. These weather
phenomena, in turn, are a threat to aviation safety. For this reason, mountain lee waves are …

Valley winds at the local scale: Correcting routine weather forecast using artificial neural networks

F Dupuy, GJ Duine, P Durand, T Hedde, E Pardyjak… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
In regions of complex topography, local flows are difficult to forecast on a routine basis,
especially in stable conditions, due to the coarse resolution of operational models. The …

Key features of cold-air pool episodes in the North-East of the Iberian Peninsula (Cerdanya, Eastern Pyrenees)

JR Miró, JC Peña, N Pepin… - International Journal …, 2018 - researchportal.port.ac.uk
Abstract Located in the North-East of the Iberian Peninsula, Cerdanya experiences intense
Cold-Air Pool (CAP) episodes in which a decoupling between the valley atmosphere and …