Articles | Volume 15, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6237-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6237-2015
Research article
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08 Jun 2015
Research article |  | 08 Jun 2015

A case study of a low-level jet during OPALE

H. Gallée, H. Barral, E. Vignon, and C. Genthon

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This is the first time that a low-level jet observed above the East Antarctic Plateau is simulated by a regional climate model. This paper illustrates in a 3-D simulation the respective influences of the large-scale pressure gradient force and turbulence on the onset of the low-level jet. As atmospheric turbulence plays a key role in explaining the behaviour of chemical tracers during the OPALE campaign, this paper also increases our confidence in using the outputs of the model for this purpose.
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