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A Coastal Bay Summer Breeze Study, Part 2: High-resolution Numerical Simulation of Sea-breeze Local Influences

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We complete the analysis of the data obtained during the experimental campaign around the semi circular bay of Quiberon, France, during two weeks in June 2006 (see Part 1). A reanalysis of numerical simulations performed with the Advanced Regional Prediction System model is presented. Three nested computational domains with increasing horizontal resolution down to 100 m, and a vertical resolution of 10 m at the lowest level, are used to reproduce the local-scale variations of the breeze close to the water surface of the bay. The Weather Research and Forecasting mesoscale model is used to assimilate the meteorological data. Comparisons of the simulations with the experimental data obtained at three sites reveal a good agreement of the flow over the bay and around the Quiberon peninsula during the daytime periods of sea-breeze development and weakening. In conditions of offshore synoptic flow, the simulations demonstrate that the semi-circular shape of the bay induces a corresponding circular shape in the offshore zones of stagnant flow preceding the sea-breeze onset, which move further offshore thereafter. The higher-resolution simulations are successful in reproducing the small-scale impacts of the peninsula and local coasts (breeze deviations, wakes, flow divergences), and in demonstrating the complexity of the breeze fields close to the surface over the bay. Our reanalysis also provides guidance for numerical simulation strategies for analyzing the structure and evolution of the near-surface breeze over a semi-circular bay, and for forecasting important flow details for use in upcoming sailing competitions.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the funding of O. Herlédant’s doctoral work by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Région des Pays de la Loire. This work was granted access to the HPC resources of CINES (Centre Informatique National de l’Enseignement Supérieur) under the allocation 2009015103 made by Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif (GENCI). We also acknowledge the numerous positive recommendations of an unknown reviewer. The background of Fig. 1b is a map from Géoportail. Trade names and companies are given for the benefit of the reader and do not imply any endorsement of the product or company by the authors.

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  1. Laboratoire de recherche en Hydrodynamique, Energétique et Environnement Atmosphérique (LHEEA), UMR 6598 CNRS – École Centrale de Nantes, 44321, Nantes Cedex 3, France

    Isabelle Calmet, Alexander M. J. van Eijk & Olivier Herlédant

  2. Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques de la Ville (IRSTV), FR CNRS 2488, Nantes, France

    Isabelle Calmet & Patrice G. Mestayer

  3. TNO, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Alexander M. J. van Eijk

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Calmet, I., Mestayer, P.G., van Eijk, A.M.J. et al. A Coastal Bay Summer Breeze Study, Part 2: High-resolution Numerical Simulation of Sea-breeze Local Influences. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 167, 27–51 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-017-0319-1

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