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Simulação de condições atmosféricas no aeroporto das Lajes

Authors: Moniz, Linda de Fátima Vasconcelos Ramos;

Simulação de condições atmosféricas no aeroporto das Lajes

Abstract

Este trabalho visa simular condições atmosféricas desfavoráveis para a aviação no aeroporto das Lajes, em particular para o dia 20 de Novembro de 2009. Neste dia, um airbus A310 da Sata esteve na iminência de se despenhar no momento da aterragem. Assim, simulou-se um período de 24 horas compreendido entre as 00UTC do dia 20 e as 00UTC do dia 21 de Novembro de 2009. Na realização das simulações utilizou-se o modelo WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting), o qual foi configurado com 3 domínios, estando o domínio principal centrado no aeroporto civil das Lajes e os outros 2 aninhados no primeiro. Ao longo deste trabalho foram estudadas 3 possíveis causas que puseram em perigo o airbus A310 da Sata: formação de ondas de montanha, formação de thunderstorms e formação de windshear. Para tal foram utilizadas as saídas do modelo WRF, analisadas em GrADS e a parametrização de rajadas convectivas propostas por Bechtold e Bidlot, (2009). Assim, verificou-se que existiam condições favoráveis para a formação de thunderstorms, o que realmente foi corroborado com as informações meteorológicas emitidas pelo observador meteorológico do aeroporto das Lajes. Portanto, uma das possíveis causas poderá estar relacionada com a formação de um microburst decorrente da situação convectiva verificada, que ao atingir o solo poderá ter provocado uma frente de rajada. Foi, também, verificado que existiam condições favoráveis à formação de ondas de montanha, que podem, também, ter estado na origem do incidente. Quanto ao wind shear, este foi classificado como leve, no entanto, não se poderá descartar esta hipótese totalmente, caso ele estivesse associado a rotores ou frentes de rajada.

This project aims to simulate adverse weather conditions that might have harmed civil aviation at Lajes airport on November the 20th 2009. On this particular day, one Sata’s Airbus A310 almost crashed during landing. Therefore, it was simulated a period of 24 hours between 00UTC of November the 20th and 00UTC of November the 21st. In order to do so, it was used the WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model which was configured with three domains – the main domain centered on civil Lajes airport and the other two nested in the first. During this work, three feasible causes were considered: mountain waves, thunderstorms and wind shear. For that the WRF output in GrADS was analyzed, and the parameterization of convective gusts proposed by Bechtold and Biblot (2009) was implemented to evaluate strong instantaneous winds. After analyzing all the data, one concluded that there were favorable conditions for thunderstorms, situation that was later on confirmed by the weather information transmitted by the weather observer at Lajes airport. Furthermore, another probable cause for that dangerous situation is associated with a microburst caused by the convective situation mentioned above, which might have caused a gust front when it reached the ground. In addition, according to the weather conditions verified, it is possible that mountain waves occurred on that day. Finally, despite having been considered tenuous, the wind shear might also have caused the situation, especially if associated with rotors or gust fronts.

Mestrado em Meteorologia e Oceanografia Física

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Portugal
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Condições meteorológicas - Simulação, Meteorologia, Circulação atmosférica - Simulação, Aeroportos - Lajes (Arquipélago dos Açores, Portugal)

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