Mountain Atmospherics

The purpose of the work is to examine the effects of compressibility on air properties when a wind blows against a sloping mountain surface. Previous research of air compression effects include the low speed wing and the crests of surface gravity waves propagating in the wind. In both cases, an algebraic expression was obtained for the lift force. When wind blows across a mountain and the assumption is made that a boundary layer of compressed air forms and remains attached to the mountain, a physical-chemical theory predicts that the wind will have no shear and the pressure and density will decrease with increasing altitude at the same rate. Combining Bernoulli’s law along streamlines with the cross-stream force balance, pressure gradient equals centrifugal force, and the perfect gas law for air, is the model used here.

Protection of Zero-Sequence Power Variation in Mountain Wind Farm Collector Lines Based on Multi-Mode Grounding

The arc-suppression coil(ASC)in parallel low resistance(LR)multi-mode grounding is adopted in the mountain wind farm to cope with the phenomenon that is misoperation or refusal of zero-sequence protection in LR grounding wind farm.If the fault disappears before LR is put into the system,it is judged as an instantaneous fault;while the fault does not disappear after LR is put into the system,it is judged as a permanent fault;the single-phase grounding fault(SLG)protection criterion based on zerosequence power variation is proposed to identify the instantaneous-permanent fault.Firstly,the distribution characteristic of zero-sequence voltage(ZSV)and zero-sequence current(ZSC)are analyzed after SLGfault occurs in multi-mode grounding.Then,according to the characteristics that zero-sequence power variation of non-fault collector line is small,while the zero-sequence power variation of fault collector line can reflect the active power component of fault resistance,the protection criterion based on zero-sequence power variation is constructed.The theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the protection criterion can distinguish the property of fault only by using the single terminal information,which has high reliability.

THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE WINTER FOG IN CHONGQING METROPOLITAN AREA AND ITS FORMATION PROCESS

Chongqing is a very famous foggy metropolitan in China.The Chongqing Fog Experiment Group carried out com- prehensive experiments on a large and extensive scale in the Chongqing urban area from 15 December 1989 to 15 Janua- ry 1990.And several items were further observed from 7 December 1990 to 7 January 1991.Based on the analysis of the observational data,some important characteristics of the Chongqing winter fog and the boundary layer structure have been revealed.It is found that such factors as topography,mountain wind,rivers,the urban heat island and air pollution,all contribute to the formation of the Chongqing fog in addition to the radiation conditions.

Observation of Wind Shear during Evening Transition and an Estimation of Submicron Aerosol Concentrations in Beijing Using a Doppler Wind Lidar

The wind speed and direction measured over six months by a Doppler wind lidar（Windcube-8）were compared with wind cup anemometers mounted on the 325-m Beijing meteorological tower（BMT）.Five mountain–plain wind cases characterized by wind direction shear were selected based on the high-frequency（1.1 s）wind profile of the Windcube-8 and analyzed with 1-h mesoscale surface weather charts.Also analyzed was the relationship between insitu PM_1（aerodynamic diameter≤1μm）concentrations measured at 260 m on BMT and the carrier-to-noise ratio（CNR）of the co-located Windcube-8.The results showed that the 10-min averaged wind speed and direction were highly correlated（R=0.96–0.99）at three matched levels（80,140,and 200 m）.The evening transition duration was1–3 h,with an average wind speed of 1 m s^（–1） at 80 m above the ground.In addition,there was a zero horizontalwind-speed zone along the wind direction shear line,and in one case,the wind speed was characterized by a Kelvin–Helmholtz gravity wave.The variability of the PM_1 concentrations was captured by the CNR of the Windcube-8 in a fair weather period without the long-range transport of dust.