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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2012.14.4.277

Wind Effect on the Distribution of Daily Minimum Temperature Across a Cold Pooling Catchment  

Kim, Soo-Ock (National Center for Agro-Meteorology, Seoul National University)
Kim, Jin-Hee (National Center for Agro-Meteorology, Seoul National University)
Kim, Dae-Jun (National Center for Agro-Meteorology, Seoul National University)
Yun, Jin I. (College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.14, no.4, 2012 , pp. 277-282 More about this Journal
Abstract
When wind speed exceeds a certain threshold, daily minimum temperature does not drop as predicted by the geospatial model in a cold pooling catchment. A linear regression equation was derived to explain the warming effect of wind speed on daily minimum temperature by analyzing observations at a low lying location within an enclosed catchment. The equation, Y=2X+0.4 ($R^2$=0.76) where Y stands for the warming ($^{\circ}C$) and X for the mean horizontal wind speed (m/s) at 2m height, was combined to an existing model to predict daily minimum temperature across an enclosed catchment on cold pooling days. The adjusted model was applied to 3 locations submerged in a cold air pool to predict daily minimum temperature on 25 cold pooling days with the input of simulated wind speed at each location. Results showed that bias (mean error) was reduced from -1.33 to -0.37 and estimation error (RMSE) from 1.72 to 1.20, respectively, in comparison with those from the unadjusted model.
Keywords
Cold air pool; Catchment; Daily minimum temperature; Slope wind; Geospatial climatology;
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