The alpine mountain-plain circulation "Alpine Pumping": Airborne Doppler lidar observations at 2μm and 10.6 μm and MM5 simulations

Oliver Reitebuch; Alain Dabas; Patricia Delville; Philippe Drobinski; Leonhard Gantner; Stephan Rahm; Martin Weissmann

The alpine mountain-plain circulation "Alpine Pumping": Airborne Doppler lidar observations at 2μm and 10.6 μm and MM5 simulations

Oliver Reitebuch
, Alain Dabas
, Patricia Delville
, Philippe Drobinski
, Leonhard Gantner
, Stephan Rahm
, Martin Weissmann

DLR
Météo-France/CNRS
Division Technique
Sorbonne Université
Universität München

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Abstract

A mesoscale advection towards the Alps and vertical transport above the Alps usually develops during fair weather conditions ("Alpine Pumping"). The field experiment VERTIKATOR (Vertical Exchange and Orography) was conducted in June/July 2002 in the Alps to study the development of this mountain-plain circulation and the initiation of convection and thunderstorms. Observations from the airborne 10.6 μm Doppler lidar WIND and the airborne 2μm Doppler lidar are presented together with numerical simulations. Observations and simulations could quantify the mass flux from the forelands to the Alps.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	747-750
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Volume	2
Issue number	561
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2004
Externally published	Yes

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The alpine mountain-plain circulation "Alpine Pumping": Airborne Doppler lidar observations at 2μm and 10.6 μm and MM5 simulations

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