Growing Season Air mass Equivalent Temperature (TE) in the East Central USA
| Autor: | Joshua D. Durkee, Rezaul Mahmood, Dolly Na-Yemeh, Keri Younger, Kevin Cary, Gregory B. Goodrich |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Atmospheric Science
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Atmospheric moisture 0208 environmental biotechnology Growing season Equivalent temperature temperature 02 engineering and technology Atmospheric sciences 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering Surface air temperature Environmental science lcsh:Q Mesonet lcsh:Science air mass Air mass 0105 earth and related environmental sciences equivalent temperature |
| Zdroj: | Climate Volume 8 Issue 9 Climate, Vol 8, Iss 95, p 95 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2225-1154 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/cli8090095 |
| Popis: | Equivalent temperature (TE), which incorporates both dry (surface air temperature, T) and moist heat content associated with atmospheric moisture, is a better indicator of overall atmospheric heat content compared to T alone. This paper investigates the impacts of different types of air masses on TE during the growing season (April&ndash September). The study used data from the Kentucky Mesonet for this purpose. The growing season was divided into early (April&ndash May), mid (June&ndash July), and late (August&ndash September). Analysis suggests that TE for moist tropical (MT) air mass was as high as 61 and 81 ° C for the early and mid-growing season, respectively. Further analysis suggests that TE for different parts of the growing seasons were statistically significantly different from each other. In addition, TE for different air masses was also statistically significantly different from each other. The difference between TE and T (i.e. TE-T) is smaller under dry atmospheric conditions but larger under moist conditions. For example, in Barren County, the lowest difference (20&ndash 10 ° C) was 10 ° C. It was reported on 18 April 2010, a dry weather day. On the other hand, the highest difference for this site was 48 ° C and was reported on 11 August 2010, a humid day. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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