RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effects of the Sea Breeze Circulation on Soil Temperature Over Kuwait Using in Situ Observations and the ECMWF Model
Hussain Alsarraf1, *, Matthew V.D. Broeke2, Hala Aljassar3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2019Volume: 13
First Page: 29
Last Page: 42
Publisher Id: TOASCJ-13-29
DOI: 10.2174/1874282301913010029
Article History:
Received Date: 15/03/2019Revision Received Date: 08/07/2019
Acceptance Date: 19/07/2019
Electronic publication date: 2/11/2019
Collection year: 2019
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
The mesoscale circulation over Kuwait is an important influence on changes in surface temperatures and soil temperatures.
Introduction:
This paper presents two common summertime atmospheric features over Kuwait linking wind circulation to soil temperatures.
Methods:
In this study, we use the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts ECMWF reanalysis ERA-Interim dataset to investigate effects of the synoptic scale and mesoscale circulations.
Results:
The results show that a large-scale pressure gradient in summer typically leads to northerly winds over Kuwait, while a weak synoptic-scale pressure gradient leads to light easterly humid winds from the Persian Gulf, consistent with a mesoscale circulation.
Conclusions:
The results demonstrate the significance of wind circulations in driving the Soil Temperature (SOILT). Using the Era-Interim/Land reanalysis dataset for August 2015 over Kuwait, the average SOILT on days of sea breeze is higher than the average SOILT on days dominated by a synoptic-scale pressure gradient.