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High resolution studies of the Gibraltar Levanter validated using sun-glint anemometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2006

R. A. Capon
R. A. Capon
Affiliation:
Met Office Joint Centre for Mesoscale Meteorology, Meteorology Building, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6BB Email: rachel.capon@metoffice.gov.uk
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Abstract

The Levanter is an easterly wind which frequently blows for several hours through the Strait of Gibraltar in summer. In the presence of a strong capping inversion, a synoptic or local scale pressure gradient forces the air through the gap between the orography on either side of the Strait. This flow cannot be resolved with either a global NWP model or a simplified linear model. Results from two Levanter cases, run using the Met Office Unified Model Version 5.3 at 1 km horizontal resolution over a 300 × 250 km limited area domain covering the Strait of Gibraltar, are presented, together with an unexpected source of verification.

Keywords

GibraltarLevantermesoscale windsorographic blockinghigh resolution modellingunified modelsatellite sun-glint anemometry
Type
Research Article
Information
Meteorological Applications , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 2006 , pp. 257 - 265
Copyright
2006 Royal Meteorological Society

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