Numerical investigation of the influence of the Caucasus relief on the distribution of hydrometeorological fields

Kordzadze, A. A.; Surmava, Alexander; Demetrashvili, Demuri; Kukhalashvili, Vepkhia

doi:10.1134/s0001433807060060

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“…The evolution of the wave of cyclonic and anticyclonic vortices and the obtained mesoscale air flow for the considered complex terrain is modeled for the first time. We use a regional model of the atmospheric processes elaborated at the M. Nodia Institute of Geophysics [11].…”

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On the Wind and Turbulence in the Lower Atmosphere above Complex Terrain

Jandieri¹,

Surmava²,

Gvelesiani³

2011

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Numerical modeling and studies of the wind fields at the junction of three continents: over the complex terrains of the South-east Europe, Asia Minor, Middle East, Caucasus and over the Black, Caspian and Mediterranean seas have been carried out for the first time. Traveling synoptic scale vortex wave generation and subsequent evolution of orographic vortices are discovered. Wind fields, spatial distribution of the coefficients of subgrid scale horizontal and vertical turbulence and the Richardson number are calculated. It is shown that the local relief, atmospheric hydrothermodynamics and air-proof tropopause facilitate the generation of  -mesoscale vortex and turbulence amplification in the vicinity of the atmospheric boundary layer and tropopause. Also turbulence parameters distribution in the troposphere has the same nature as in the stratosphere and mesosphere: turbulence coefficients, stratification of the vertical profiles of the Richardson number, thickness of the turbulent and laminar layers.

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