Université de Fribourg

Application of a new wind gust parameterization : multiscale case studies performed with the Canadian regional climate model

Goyette, Stéphane ; Brasseur, Olivier ; Beniston, Martin

In: Journal of Geophysical Research, 2003, vol. 108, no. 13, p. 1-16

The implementation of a physically based parameterization scheme for computation of wind gusts in a numerical regional climate model (RCM) is described in this paper. The method is based on an innovative approach proposed by Brasseur [2001] that assumes that gusts occurring at the surface result from the deflection of air parcels flowing higher in the boundary layer. Our parameterization scheme...