Characteristics of the wind regime of Libya based on NCEP / NCAR reanalysis data and surface weather observations-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Characteristics of the wind regime of Libya based on NCEP / NCAR reanalysis data and surface weather observations

Published:2020 Issue:3-4 Volume:101-102 Page:26-32
ISSN:0868-6939
Container-title:Physical Geography and Geomorphology
language:
Short-container-title:PhGG

Author:

Agayar Ellina¹^ORCID,Abudawah Ali Saleh¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Odessa State Environmental University

Abstract

The surface wind field are formed by the interaction of general circulation mechanisms with the local physical, geographical and climatic characteristics of the region. The success of the implementation of the different weather models is based on the representativeness of the initial information. The paper presents the results of comparing meteorological data, such as the average monthly speed and direction of the surface wind, from the NCEP / NCAR reanalysis archive with data of surface weather observations for the period from 2015 to 2019. Considering the difficulty of obtaining data, the absence of continuous observations at many meteorological stations in Libya, it was decided to analyze the most complete series of observations for the last period and compare it with the model data of reanalysis. Meteorological stations are located in different geographic regions of Libya (Derna, Zuara, Efren, Misurata, Godames, Jagbub, El-Kufra and Ghat). Based on the monthly average values of the surface wind velocity components for past five years, was done a study of the intrannual structure of the wind field over the territory of Libya and maps of the wind field for this period were constructed. The obtained results of comparison of the NCEP / NCAR reanalysis data with Surface weather observations showed a relatively good agreement between the observed and calculated wind. Noted that the wind, according to NCEP data, is some weaker than observed at the stations. The main reasons for this are the complexity and diversity of the topography around the stations, as well as the representativeness between gridded data and meteorological measurements. Analysis of the distribution of the average monthly wind speed over the territory of Libya indicates a tendency for an increase in the surface wind speed from the southwest to the northeast, both as according to the NCEP / NCAR reanalysis data, where the average wind speed doesn’t exceed 4.7 m/s, and according to actual observations 6.7 m/s.

Publisher

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Subject

General Medicine

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