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weak (maximum of 5 m s -1 ) and the direction reaches WSW (middle panels of Fig. 3). Thisresult is consistent <strong>with</strong> the presence of sea-breeze circulations.Figure 3 : Height-time diagrams of the horizontal wind speed (left panels), wind direction(middle panels) and turbulent dissipation rate (right panels), obtained at STC (upperpanels) and AIX (bottom panels), during the 21/23 June Mistral episode.ConclusionsSome mesoscale and seasonal aspects of the Mistral in coastal area have beeninvestigated for the first time thanks to UHF pro<strong>file</strong>r data. In fall, when the ground is cool, theMistral has a synoptically and orographically forced low-level jet structure. The wind speedcan be strong, the depth strongly depends on the upstream conditions and on the observationsites (wind fields observed above two places 90 km apart may be very different) and the airmasses are globally subsident when approaching the sea. In summer, the Mistral winds areweaker and diurnal variations are observed. During daytimes, the installation of convectiveboundary layer, revealed by the turbulent dissipation rate, and the sea-breeze circulations tendto weaken and “lift up” the Mistral. During nighttimes, because of the ground cooling, theMistral recovers its low-level jet structure.ReferencesBougeault, P., P. Binder, A. Buzzi, R. Dirks, R. Houze, J. Kuettner, R.B. Smith, R.Steinacker, and H. Volkert, The MAP Special Observing Period, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,82, 433-462, 2001.Cros, B., P. Durand, H. Cachier, P. Dobrinski, E. Fréjafon, C. Kottmeier, P.E. Perros, V.H.Peuch, J.L. Ponche, D. Robin, F. Saïd, G. Toupance, and H. Wortham, The ESCOMPTEProgram: An overview, Atmos. Res., in press, 2003.Drobinski, P., O. Reitebuch, A.M. Dabas, P. Delville, C. Werner, A. Delaval, C. Boitel, H.Hermann, E. Nagel, B. Romand, J. Streicher, S. Bastin, J.L. Caccia, P. Durand, and V.Guénard, Characterization of the 28 June 2001 Mistral event during the ESCOMPTE fieldexperiment, 10 th AMS Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, Park City, Utah, USA, 3-15, 2002..Guénard V., P. Drobinski, J.L. Caccia, B. Campistron, and B. Benech, Experimental study ofthe mesoscale dynamics of the Mistral, Bound.-Layer Meteor., submitted, 2003.Jacoby-Koaly S., B. Campistron, S. Bernard, B. Bénech, F. Ardhuin-Girard, J. Dessens, E.Dupont, and B. Carissimo, Turbulent dissipation rate in the boundary layer via UHF windpro<strong>file</strong>r Doppler spectral width measurements, Bound.-Layer Meteor., 103, 361-389, 2002.Pettré P., On the problem of violent valley wind, J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 542-554, 1982.297

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