Microscale meteorology
Microscale meteorology or micrometeorology is the study of short-lived
atmospheric phenomena smaller than mesoscale, about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) or less.[1][2] These two branches of meteorology are sometimes grouped together as "mesoscale and microscale meteorology" (MMM) and together study all phenomena smaller than synoptic scale; that is they study features generally too small to be depicted on a standard weather map. These include small and generally fleeting cloud "puffs" and other small cloud features.[3]
Microscale meteorology controls the most important mixing and dilution processes in the atmosphere..
A micronet is an atmospheric and/or environmental observation network, composed of automated weather stations, used to monitor microscale phenomena. Micronets are sometimes considered a subtype of mesonet, and many micronets are a denser spatial resolution sub-network of a mesonet.
See also
- Eddy covariance
- FLUXNET
- Microscale and macroscale models
- Misoscale meteorology
- Spatial scale
- Surface weather analysis
- Wind engineering
References
- ^ "AMS Glossary of Meteorology". Micrometeorology. American Meteorological Society. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ Foken 2017, p. 2.
- ISBN 0-7506-3215-1.
- ISBN 0-89603-001-6.
- Bibliography
- Foken, Thomas (2017). Micrometeorology. Translated by Nappo, Carmen J.; Klein. Berlin, Germany: Springer. p. 2. ISBN 978-3-642-25439-0.
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