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ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 306-317

Mesoscale vortex over Uvs-Nuur: analysis and numerical simulation

N.V. Vazaeva 1, 2 , I.A. Repina 1, 3 , A.A. Shestakova 1 , G. Ganbat 4 
1 A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia
3 Research Computing Center of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
4 German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Accepted: 31.07.2022
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-4-306-317
On the basis of satellite data and the results of a numerical simulation with the WRF-ARW model, cases of mesoscale circulation over Lake Uvs-Nuur, Mongolia, in November 2016 were analyzed. During this period of time, when the surface of the lake was not yet completely covered with ice, a stable mesoscale vortex was observed for several days – a clear evidence of the lake effect. Regardless of the initial data, the adapted model reproduced the time and location of the observed vortex with a good accuracy, correctly representing the structure of clouds and the time course of meteorological parameters near the surface, although it reproduced precipitation somewhat less accurately. Sensitivity experiments revealed the role of the warm lake surface and orography in the formation and enhancement of vortex. The orography near Uvs-Nuur is sufficient to create favorable conditions for local wind and breeze circulation, and it largely formed unstable temperature stratification due to partial blocking of the oncoming flow, playing a predominant role in the genesis of the vortex due to orographically induced convergence.
Keywords: mesoscale vortex, numerical simulation, WRF-ARW, Uvs-Nuur, helicity
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