简介:ThecharacteristicsoftheatmosphericboundarylayerheightovertheglobaloceanwerestudiedbasedontheConstellationObservationSystemofMeteorology,IonosphereandClimate(COSMIC)refractivitydatafrom2007to2012.Resultsshowthattheheightismuchcharacteristicofseasonal,inter-annualandregionalvariation.Globally,thespatialdistributionoftheannualmeantopheightshowsasymmetricalzonalstructure,whichismorezonalintheSouthernHemispherethanintheNorthernHemisphere.Theboundarylayertopishighestinthetropicsandgraduallydecreasestowardshigherlatitudes.Theheightisinarangeof3to3.5kminthetropics,2to2.5kminthesubtropicalregions,and1to1.5kmorevenlowerinmiddleandhighlatitudes.Thediurnalvariationofthetopheightisnotobvious,withtheheightvaryingfromtenstohundredsofmeters.Furthermore,itisdifferentfromregiontoregion,someregionshavethemaximumheightduring9:00to12:00,othersat15:00to18:00.