Author(s)

Nelly Perugachi^1,2, Cecilia Limaico^1,2, Susana Cocha¹, Arquímides Haro^1,2

¹Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador.
²Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador.

The interaction among air and soil affects the dynamic in the atmospheric boundary layer, this research seeks to describe this variation in small scale, in the Ecuadorian Highlands Regions and the variations produced due to its elevation and geographical position, using as base the Van Ulden and Hostlang (1985) models. From this research, there was a conclusion that the zone has strong fluids of sensitive heat and superficial heat with small variations in the latent fluid heat. Besides, there were significant variations of the Obukov length between 17:00 and 19:00, when the sunset occurs, producing a thermal inversion that modifies the atmospheric dynamic state, these results average vary during the day hours and are regulars in the daily and monthly average, in the research year, given the zone geographical position. The meteorological data utilized were taken from the meteorological station from Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo located in the Ecuadorian Highlands.

Micrometeorology, Atmospheric Parameters, Ecuadorian Highlands, Air-Soil Interaction

Perugachi, N. , Limaico, C. , Cocha, S. and Haro, A. (2017) Characterisation of Micrometeorological Parameters in Ecuadorian Highland. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 7, 455-462. doi: 10.4236/acs.2017.74033.