caa a22 4500 445874570 CHVBK 20180317145524.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10652-011-9220-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10652-011-9220-5 A coupled numerical model to investigate the air-sea interaction at the coastal upwelling area of Cabo Frio, Brazil [Elektronische Daten] [Flávia Ribeiro, Jacyra Soares, Amauri de Oliveira] This work investigates the capability of an oceanic numerical model dynamic and thermodynamically coupled to a three-dimensional mesoscale atmospheric numerical model to simulate the basic features of the air-sea interaction in the coastal upwelling area of Cabo Frio (RJ, Brazil). The upwelling/downwelling regime is an important feature in the oceanic circulation of Cabo Frio and determines the sustainability of local ecosystems. This regime is predominantly driven by the atmospheric circulation and is well documented, being suitable to be used as test reference for atmospheric and oceanic coupled and uncoupled models. The oceanic boundary conditions, coastline shape and coupling effect have been tested. The uncoupled oceanic model forced by a NE (SW) wind field generates a realistic upwelling (downwelling) phenomenon regardless of the proximity of the lateral boundary and how realistic is the shape of the coastline. The atmospheric-oceanic coupled model generates an upwelling location and intensity similar to the uncoupled simulation, but the upwelling is gradually enhanced by the sea-breeze circulation. It also generates vertical profiles of mixing ratio that compare better to the observations than the uncoupled simulation and air potential temperature and wind vertical profiles that represent particular features of the atmospheric circulation at Cabo Frio. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Coupled numerical model nationallicence Coastal upwelling nationallicence Air-sea interaction nationallicence Open boundary conditions nationallicence Ribeiro Flávia Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil aut Soares Jacyra Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil aut de Oliveira Amauri Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil aut Environmental Fluid Mechanics Springer Netherlands 11/6(2011-12-01), 551-572 1567-7419 11:6<551 2011 11 10652 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-011-9220-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-011-9220-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ribeiro Flávia Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Soares Jacyra Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Oliveira Amauri Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Fluid Mechanics Springer Netherlands 11/6(2011-12-01), 551-572 1567-7419 11:6<551 2011 11 10652 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer