VALIDATION OF PALM LES MODEL BY USING RADIOSOUNDING AND AIRCRAFT DATA FROM GOAMAZON FIELD CAMPAIGNS
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Surface heterogeneity. Convective boundary layer. Airborne measurements, PALM LES model, GoAmazon.Abstract
In the present study, the evolution of the convective boundary layer over heterogeneous surface simulated by PALM LES is validated with radiosounding and airborne data from GoAmazon field campaigns, held in Amazon Rainforest during the 2014 wet and dry seasons. It is shown that, in general case, the growth of the convective boundary layer simulated by PALM compares well with observational data. However, during the morning time, the convective boundary layer depth is underestimated, whereas it showed acceptable response to the decreasing of the surface forcings along the late afternoon.
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