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Mesoscale models are currently used to simulate and forecast short-range meteorological and air pollution situations. For such length and time scales, such models will only yield accurate results if they represent realistically the main variables in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL). The forcings which drive the ABL development are -the heat and moisture surface fluxes and the entrainment flux. For the surface variables, the partitioning of the incoming radiation into sensible heat flux and latent heat flux (Pleim and Xiu, 1995) is a determining factor. The entrainment of warmer air from the free troposphere into the top of the ABL is the second forcing which specifically contributes to heat and dry the ABL. The growth of the mixing layer is dependent on these bottom and top boundary fluxes.
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de Arellano, J.VG., Duynkerke, P.G., Pino, D. (2002). Entrainment Process in Mesoscale Models: Observational Validation. In: Sportisse, B. (eds) Air Pollution Modelling and Simulation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04956-3_2
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