Impacts of the Desiccated Lake System on Precipitation in the Basin of Mexico City
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. WRF Model Configuration
3. Results
3.1. Precipitation
3.2. Air Temperature
3.3. Planetary Boundary Layer Height (PBLH)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Analyzed Sites | January | August | ||||||
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No-Lake | Lake | No-Lake | Lake | |||||
Daily mm/h | Accum. mm/day | Daily mm/h | Accum. mm/day | Daily mm/h | Accum. mm/day | Daily mm/h | Accum. mm/day | |
TEN | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 9.47 | 0.56 | 13.54 |
TEO | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 4.02 | 0.31 | 7.38 |
TEX | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.16 | 3.86 | 0.25 | 5.91 |
XOC | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.64 | 0.26 | 6.26 | 0.57 | 13.73 |
CHA | 0 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.13 | 3.07 | 0.27 | 6.39 |
CUL | 0 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.64 | 0.23 | 5.41 | 0.57 | 13.66 |
ZUM | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 7.30 | 0.35 | 8.44 |
Average | 0 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 5.63 | 0.41 | 9.87 |
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López-Espinoza, E.; Ruiz-Angulo, A.; Zavala-Hidalgo, J.; Romero-Centeno, R.; Escamilla-Salazar, J. Impacts of the Desiccated Lake System on Precipitation in the Basin of Mexico City. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 628. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10100628
López-Espinoza E, Ruiz-Angulo A, Zavala-Hidalgo J, Romero-Centeno R, Escamilla-Salazar J. Impacts of the Desiccated Lake System on Precipitation in the Basin of Mexico City. Atmosphere. 2019; 10(10):628. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10100628
Chicago/Turabian StyleLópez-Espinoza, Erika, Angel Ruiz-Angulo, Jorge Zavala-Hidalgo, Rosario Romero-Centeno, and Josefina Escamilla-Salazar. 2019. "Impacts of the Desiccated Lake System on Precipitation in the Basin of Mexico City" Atmosphere 10, no. 10: 628. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10100628