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Study on Depth of Atmospheric Boundary Layerin Gobi Desert Regions of the Bosten Lake Basin
YANG Yang, LIU Xiaoyang, LU Zhenghui, LI Hao
Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis    2016, 52 (5): 829-836.   DOI: 10.13209/j.0479-8023.2015.145
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Due to the combined effects of lake and Gobi, the atmospheric boundary layer located in Gobi desert regions of the Bosten Lake basin is found to possess some special regional characteristics. Based on the data of the developing meteorological observation experiments conducted in the Bosten Lake of Xinjiang Province, the height characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer from May 21 to August 28, 2013 are analyzed. The result shows that the most prominent feature of the Gobi area of the Bosten Lake Basin is that the boundary layer often has the deep convection during the typical sunny days in the summer. The statistics also shows that in 45 days out of 100 days, the average height of the atmospheric boundary layer is above 3000 m, and the maximum height reaches 4400 m. The causes of forming the deep convective boundary layer are explored. It is argued that the atmospheric thermodynamic properties and the lake wind shear are important factors to form the deep convective boundary layer.

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