Articles | Volume 24, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12013-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12013-2024
Research article
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28 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 28 Oct 2024

Investigation of the characteristics of low-level jets over North America in a convection-permitting Weather Research and Forecasting simulation

Xiao Ma, Yanping Li, Zhenhua Li, and Fei Huo

Data sets

Complete ERA5 from 1940: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.143582cf

High Resolution WRF Simulations of the Current and Future Climate of North America R. Rasmussen and C. Liu https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V40SXP

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This study uses 4 km Weather Research and Forecasting simulations to investigate the features of low-level jets (LLJs) in North America. It identifies significant LLJ systems, such as the Great Plains LLJ. It also provides insight into LLJs poorly captured in coarser models, such as the northerly Quebec LLJ and the small-scale, low-level wind maxima around the Rocky Mountains. Furthermore, the study examines different physical mechanisms of forming three distinct types of LLJs.
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