Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Observation and Simulation

Dear Colleagues,

Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is the lowest part of the atmosphere where most human activities take place. The studies on ABL are of vital importance to a number of applications, ranging from design of civil structures, aviation safety, pollutant dispersion, wind power production, and hazard mitigation of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, thunderstorms and tornados, etc. In recent years, there are notable developments in the ABL observation and simulation techniques, including the deployment of high-rise meteorological towers, development of remote sensing instruments such as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), Sonic Detection and Ranging (SoDAR) and radar wind profilers, improvement in wind tunnel testing techniques, advancement in macroscale and microscale atmospheric modelling such as Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), etc. This Special Issue intends to highlight the recent progress in observing and simulating the ABL, contributing to clarify the characteristics and structure of the ABL and their role in human activities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. ABL characteristics and structure such as wind and turbulence, and their effects on human activities;
2. State-of-the-art ABL observation instruments and data processing techniques;
3. Advancement of experimental techniques to simulate ABL such as wind tunnel testing;
4. Numerical modelling of ABL such as Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD);
5. Extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, thunderstorms, and tornadoes.

Prof. Dr. Qiusheng Li
Dr. Junyi He
Dr. Bin Lu
Guest Editors

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