DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.03.012
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85062713299
论文题名: Forecasting of poor visibility episodes in the vicinity of Tenerife Norte Airport
作者: Fernández-González S. ; Bolgiani P. ; Fernández-Villares J. ; González P. ; García-Gil A. ; Suárez J.C. ; Merino A.
刊名: Atmospheric Research
ISSN: 1698095
出版年: 2019
卷: 223 起始页码: 49
结束页码: 59
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Aviation safety
; Fog
; Mesoscale modelling
; MSG
; Poor visibility
Scopus关键词: Aviation
; Boundary layers
; Fog
; Meteorology
; Risk perception
; Safety engineering
; Visibility
; Weather forecasting
; Aviation safety
; Integrated water vapors
; Meso-scale modeling
; Meso-scale models
; Mesoscale modelling
; Numerical weather prediction
; Poor visibility
; Satellite application facilities
; Airports
英文摘要: Aviation safety is a priority that may be compromised by adverse weather conditions. This is the case for poor visibility in the vicinity of airports, which can pose a risk during takeoff and landing. For airports that are prone to fog because of their location, an accurate forecast of poor-visibility episodes is vital. However, the forecasting of low clouds is still a challenge in numerical weather prediction, especially when an airport is near complex terrain for which the use of non-hydrostatic mesoscale models is mandatory. All these factors are present at Tenerife Norte Airport, which is commonly affected by poor visibility from low clouds related to persistent trade winds and moist flows from the Atlantic Ocean. In this paper, several methods for estimating visibility based on mesoscale model outputs are tested. Use of the HARMONIE-AROME model is encouraged because of its excellent performance in the detection of poor-visibility episodes (False Alarm Ratio = 0.34–0.38; Frequency Of Misses = 0.22–0.38, depending on the model version and method used). In addition, the use of satellite application facilities is proposed for the nowcasting of low clouds affecting the airport area. Specifically, we used products that estimate cloud type, cloud top altitude, and integrated water vapor content in the boundary layer. Finally, an application is presented for the monitoring of weather conditions in real time to estimate poor-visibility risk. © 2019 Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/122264
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作者单位: State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), Spain; Department of Earth Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Physics, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Atmospheric Physics Group, Environmental Institute, University of León, Spain
Recommended Citation:
Fernández-González S.,Bolgiani P.,Fernández-Villares J.,et al. Forecasting of poor visibility episodes in the vicinity of Tenerife Norte Airport[J]. Atmospheric Research,2019-01-01,223