%0 Journal Article %1 Allende-Arandía2020 %A Allende-Arandía, M.E. %A Zavala-Hidalgo, J. %A Torres-Freyermuth, A. %A Appendini, C.M. %A Cerezo-Mota, R. %A Taylor-Espinosa, N. %D 2020 %I Elsevier Ltd %J Atmospheric Research %K 2020 ColdSurge DiurnalSignal LandBreeze SeaBreeze WRFmodel YucatanPeninsula from:erick007 %R 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105051 %T Sea-land breeze diurnal component and its interaction with a cold front on the coast of Sisal, Yucatan: A case study %U https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85085236722&doi=10.1016%2fj.atmosres.2020.105051&partnerID=40&md5=88cd26bbb5292dbecd084df9b8afe470 %V 244 %X The breeze phenomenon is of great importance in coasts around the world owing to both its impact on local atmospheric dynamics and its influence on coastal processes. The northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula (YP) is characterized by the presence of intense sea breezes and Cold Surge (CS) events (locally known as Nortes). Field observations suggest that nearshore hydrodynamics and beach evolution in the study area are strongly controlled by waves generated during sea breeze events. In this paper, the diurnal wind component associated with the breeze phenomenon and its variability due to the presence of a CS event are investigated utilizing the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The WRF model is implemented in three nested domains with a maximum resolution of 3.6-km. The numerical model was validated with observations at 20 stations located across the YP, adequately reproducing wind speed and direction at Sisal, Yuc. coast, with a correlation coefficient of 0.56 and a circular correlation coefficient of 0.83, respectively. Diurnal wind components were least-squares fitted to a sinusoidal signal, and the resulting parameters were used to obtain an elliptical hodograph related to the breeze phenomenon. Numerical results suggest that sea breezes, with wind intensities higher than 10 ms−1, extend more than 100 km offshore in the northern YP. Although breeze events are caused by differential heating at a small spatial scale, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico, this diurnal signal exceeds the local spatial scale. Furthermore, the interaction between the sea breeze and the mean wind associated to the trade winds generates a line of convergence that crosses the YP. Model results allow us to identify that the mechanisms responsible of such large amplitude of the diurnal signal in this area are: (i) the thermal gradient, (ii) the relatively small value of the Coriolis force, (iii) the orography, (iv) the friction, and (v) the peninsula's geometry. The numerical results revealed that during the interaction between local breezes and a CS event, the diurnal signal remains, except for the initial day of the event. However, further research is needed to generalize the current results for other CS events with different intensity and displacement characteristics. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.

@article{Allende-Arandía2020, abbrev_source_title = {Atmos. Res.}, abstract = {The breeze phenomenon is of great importance in coasts around the world owing to both its impact on local atmospheric dynamics and its influence on coastal processes. The northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula (YP) is characterized by the presence of intense sea breezes and Cold Surge (CS) events (locally known as Nortes). Field observations suggest that nearshore hydrodynamics and beach evolution in the study area are strongly controlled by waves generated during sea breeze events. In this paper, the diurnal wind component associated with the breeze phenomenon and its variability due to the presence of a CS event are investigated utilizing the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The WRF model is implemented in three nested domains with a maximum resolution of 3.6-km. The numerical model was validated with observations at 20 stations located across the YP, adequately reproducing wind speed and direction at Sisal, Yuc. coast, with a correlation coefficient of 0.56 and a circular correlation coefficient of 0.83, respectively. Diurnal wind components were least-squares fitted to a sinusoidal signal, and the resulting parameters were used to obtain an elliptical hodograph related to the breeze phenomenon. Numerical results suggest that sea breezes, with wind intensities higher than 10 ms−1, extend more than 100 km offshore in the northern YP. Although breeze events are caused by differential heating at a small spatial scale, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico, this diurnal signal exceeds the local spatial scale. Furthermore, the interaction between the sea breeze and the mean wind associated to the trade winds generates a line of convergence that crosses the YP. Model results allow us to identify that the mechanisms responsible of such large amplitude of the diurnal signal in this area are: (i) the thermal gradient, (ii) the relatively small value of the Coriolis force, (iii) the orography, (iv) the friction, and (v) the peninsula's geometry. The numerical results revealed that during the interaction between local breezes and a CS event, the diurnal signal remains, except for the initial day of the event. However, further research is needed to generalize the current results for other CS events with different intensity and displacement characteristics. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.}, added-at = {2021-05-28T01:25:57.000+0200}, affiliation = {Laboratorio de Ingeniería y Procesos Costeros, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal, Yucatán 97356, Mexico; Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera (LANRESC), Laboratorios Nacionales CONACYT, Mexico; Cátedras-CONACyT, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciudad de México, Mexico; Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico}, art_number = {105051}, author = {Allende-Arandía, M.E. and Zavala-Hidalgo, J. and Torres-Freyermuth, A. and Appendini, C.M. and Cerezo-Mota, R. and Taylor-Espinosa, N.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2300f4260f22760f1ce03148f2e9302c5/publ_del_lipc}, correspondence_address1 = {Allende-Arandía, M.E.; Laboratorio de Ingeniería y Procesos Costeros, Mexico; email: mallendea@iingen.unam.mx}, document_type = {Article}, doi = {10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105051}, funding_details = {LN-293354}, funding_text 1 = {Financial support was provided by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) through Cátedras-CONACyT program (Coastal Observatory for studies of resilience to climate change-1146), the National Coastal Resilience Laboratory ( LN-293354 ), and the SENER-CONACyT - 201441 . The first author acknowledges the financial support from the Engineering Institute at UNAM through the internal project Observatorio Costero. Thanks to the National Meteorological Service, to the Secretaría de Marina, and to the Comisión Federal de Electricidad through the project of Boundary-Layer for providing the meteorological stations database of the YP region. Thanks to the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts for providing the ERA-Interim database and the National Center for Atmospheric Research sponsored by the National Science Foundation for making the WRF development. We acknowledge Gonzalo Uriel Martin Ruiz for IT technical support.}, funding_text 2 = {Financial support was provided by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) through C?tedras-CONACyT program (Coastal Observatory for studies of resilience to climate change-1146), the National Coastal Resilience Laboratory (LN-293354), and the SENER-CONACyT-201441. The first author acknowledges the financial support from the Engineering Institute at UNAM through the internal project Observatorio Costero. Thanks to the National Meteorological Service, to the Secretar?a de Marina, and to the Comisi?n Federal de Electricidad through the project of Boundary-Layer for providing the meteorological stations database of the YP region. Thanks to the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts for providing the ERA-Interim database and the National Center for Atmospheric Research sponsored by the National Science Foundation for making the WRF development. We acknowledge Gonzalo Uriel Martin Ruiz for IT technical support. None.}, interhash = {73c38d86442b3ed7cc76570ff086bcdf}, intrahash = {300f4260f22760f1ce03148f2e9302c5}, issn = {01698095}, journal = {Atmospheric Research}, keywords = {2020 ColdSurge DiurnalSignal LandBreeze SeaBreeze WRFmodel YucatanPeninsula from:erick007}, language = {English}, publisher = {Elsevier Ltd}, source = {Scopus}, timestamp = {2021-06-23T06:11:41.000+0200}, title = {Sea-land breeze diurnal component and its interaction with a cold front on the coast of Sisal, Yucatan: A case study}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85085236722&doi=10.1016%2fj.atmosres.2020.105051&partnerID=40&md5=88cd26bbb5292dbecd084df9b8afe470}, volume = 244, year = 2020 }