Influencia del Anticiclón del Atlántico Norte en la pluviosidad de la brisa marina en Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos

Autores/as

  • Nicholas T. Luchetti Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, East Carolina University, USA., Estados Unidos
  • Rosana Nieto Ferreira Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, East Carolina University, USA., Estados Unidos http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7341-566X
  • Thomas M. Rickenbach Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, East Carolina University, USA., Estados Unidos
  • Mark R. Nissenbaum Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science. Florida State University. USA.,
  • Joel D. McAuliffe School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman. USA., Estados Unidos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/INGEO2017.68.01

Palabras clave:

Brisa marina, lluvia, Carolina del Norte, alta Subtropical del Atlántico Norte, vientos de escala sinóptica.

Resumen

La brisa marina (BM) es una importante fuente de precipitación de verano en Carolina del Norte (NC en su sigla en inglés), sudeste de Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, no todos los eventos de BM producen precipitación. En este trabajo se utiliza una climatología de eventos de BM lluviosos y secos en NC para investigar las condiciones que conducen a la precipitación.
Se utilizaron imágenes de radar para detectar 88 eventos de BM ocurridos a lo largo de la costa NC entre mayo y septiembre de 2009 a 2012. La mayoría (85%) de los eventos de BM ocurrieron durante períodos de viento hacia el mar (53%) o viento paralelo a la costa (22%). Los eventos BM se separaron en eventos secos (53%) y lluviosos (47%) y se analizaron las diferencias en los parámetros dinámicos y termodinámicos del entorno en el que se formaron. Se encontraron diferencias significativas en las condiciones dinámicas y termodinámicas. Eventos de BM secos ocurrieron bajo vientos más fuertes (6,00 ± 2,36 ms-1) que los eventos de BM lluviosos (4,02 ± 2,16 ms-1). Las BM lluviosas ocurrieron bajo valores de energía potencial convectiva disponible más altos y valores del parámetro de inhibición convectiva más bajos, condiciones que favorecen la lluvia. En general, los eventos de BM lluviosos representaron el 20-30% de la precipitación a lo largo de la región costera de NC de mayo a septiembre. La posición de la Alta Subtropical del Atlántico Norte (ASAN) controla la disponibilidad de humedad y los vientos a lo largo de la costa de NC, proporcionando así un mecanismo de control de escala sinóptica para la precipitación de la BM. En particular, cuando la cresta occidental de la ASAN se localiza a lo largo de la costa sureste de los Estados Unidos, se produce un flujo de sudoeste húmedo a lo largo de la costa NC que puede favorecer la ocurrencia de eventos de BM lluviosos.

Financiación

Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics and the Physical and Dynamic Meteorology programs of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Atmospheric and Geospatial Sciences, Award AGS-1118141.

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18-12-2017

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Luchetti, N. T., Nieto Ferreira, R., Rickenbach, T. M., Nissenbaum, M. R., & McAuliffe, J. D. (2017). Influencia del Anticiclón del Atlántico Norte en la pluviosidad de la brisa marina en Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos. Investigaciones Geográficas, (68), 9–25. https://doi.org/10.14198/INGEO2017.68.01

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