Land-Atmosphere Interactions: Practicals

Author

Affiliation

Olivier Bonte

Ghent University

Preface

In these practicals, we will use computer simulations to quantitavely explore land-atmosphere interactions. For this purpose, we will use a spatially lumped model called CLASS (Chemistry Land-sufrace Atmosphere Soil Slab), developed by Waegeningen University the Netherlands. The main purpose of the model, which simulates the diurnal evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is to allow for easy experimentation and provide insights on the soil-vegetation-atmosphere continuum. For more background information on the model, the reader is referred to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer handbook (Vilà-Guerau de Arellano et al. 2015).

Throughout the text, variables are used consistent with how they were defined in the introductory slides of the practicals. Variables not mentioned during the introduction, are explicitly introduced in the text. Note that no text, including this one, is guaranteed to be free of mistakes or imperfections. If you were to encounter these, please don’t hesitate to contact the author (Olivier.Bonte@UGent.Be).

Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, Jordi, Chiel C. van Heerwaarden, Bart J. H. van Stratum, and Kees van den Dries. 2015. Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Integrating Air Chemistry and Land Interactions. Cambridge University Press.