Articles | Volume 31, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-31-45-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-31-45-2024
Research article
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19 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 19 Jan 2024

Sensitivity of the polar boundary layer to transient phenomena

Amandine Kaiser, Nikki Vercauteren, and Sebastian Krumscheid

Data sets

Ten years of shielded ventilated atmospheric temperature observation on a 45-m tower at Dome C, East Antarctic plateau Christophe Genthon et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932512

Model code and software

BoundaryLayerVercauteren/energy_balance_model Amandine Kaiser https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10469086

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Short summary
Current numerical weather prediction models encounter challenges in accurately representing regimes in the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer (SBL) and the transitions between them. Stochastic modeling approaches are a promising framework to analyze when transient small-scale phenomena can trigger regime transitions. Therefore, we conducted a sensitivity analysis of the SBL to transient phenomena by augmenting a surface energy balance model with meaningful randomizations.