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Global scale [> 20000 km] Synoptic scale [2000–20000 km] Mesoscale [2-2000 km] Microscale

TIME and SPACE SCALES of ATMOSPHERIC MOTION. Global scale [> 20000 km] Synoptic scale [2000–20000 km] Mesoscale [2-2000 km] Microscale [< 2 km]. Smog layer over Santiago, Chile. Top of boundary layer (inversion). Boundary layer capped with clouds.

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Global scale [> 20000 km] Synoptic scale [2000–20000 km] Mesoscale [2-2000 km] Microscale

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  1. TIME and SPACE SCALES of ATMOSPHERIC MOTION Global scale [> 20000 km] Synoptic scale [2000–20000 km] Mesoscale [2-2000 km] Microscale [< 2 km]

  2. Smog layer over Santiago, Chile Top of boundary layer (inversion)

  3. Boundary layer capped with clouds

  4. Typical values of the Bowen Ratio (B=H/HL) * strongly dependent upon the meteorology/air-mass

  5. Surface skin temperature over New York City www.gisdevelopment.net/aars/acrs/1991/psq/ps015.asp

  6. Diurnal skin temperature range (July) http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=1520-0442&volume=005&issue=09&page=0920

  7. Land surface heterogeneity • http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/images/ag-montage.jpg

  8. Profiles over the cloudy subtropical ocean From Caldwell et al. (2005)

  9. Temperature profile from the South Pole From Hudson and Brandt (2005)

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