Paper Info
Title
Effects of cold front passage and atmospheric boundary layer stability in the estimates of spatially distributed heat fluxes in a tropical reservoir.
Abstract
Sensible and latent heat fluxes were estimated over a large tropical hydroelectric reservoir under cold front conditions. In situ and satellite data were used to adjust the bulk coefficients for momentum and heat exchanges between water and atmosphere and spatialize the sensible and latent heat fluxes over the reservoir. The results showed that during a cold front event the sensible and latent heat fluxes can be up to three times greater than the fluxes before and after the cold front passage. The main source of heat loss to atmosphere during the cold front passage was the evaporation (i.e. latent heat) reaching values near to 500 W m(-2). The highest values of heat loss were observed at littoral zone and some embayment of reservoir. The increase in wind speed and decrease in air temperature and humidity during the cold front event were the main factors that influenced the heat loss.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352426
IGARSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
atmospheric boundary layer,atmospheric humidity,atmospheric temperature,wind,air temperature,atmospheric boundary layer stability,cold front passage,latent heat flux,littoral zone,reservoir embayment,sensible heat flux,spatially distributed heat fluxes,tropical hydroelectric reservoir,tropical reservoir,wind speed,MODIS,Surface heat flux,atmospheric stability,cold fronts,tropical reservoir
Atmosphere,Latent heat,Computer science,Humidity,Atmospheric sciences,Eddy covariance,Atmospheric instability,Climatology,Planetary boundary layer,Equivalent temperature,Cold front
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2153-6996
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marcelo Pedroso Curtarelli1134.41
Camilo Daleles Rennó2175.08
Enner Herenio de Alcantara300.34