简介：Themaximumheightoftheconvectiveboundarylayer(CBL)overtheTaklimakanDesertcanexceed5000mduringsummerandplaysacrucialroleintheregionalcirculationandweather.WecombinedtheWeatherResearchandForecastingLargeEddySimulation(WRF-LES)withdatafromGlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)radiosondesandfromeddycovariancestationstoevaluatetheperformanceoftheWRF-LESinsimulatingthecharacteristicsofthedeepCBLoverthecentralTaklimakanDesert.ThemodelreproducedtheevolutionoftheCBLprocessesreasonablywell,butthesimulationsgeneratedwarmerandmoisterconditionsthantheobservationasaresultoftheover-predictionofsurfacefluxesandlarge-scaleadvection.Furthersimulationswereperformedwithmultipleconfigurationsandsensitivitytests.Thesensitivitytestsforthelateralboundaryconditions(LBCs)showedthatthemodelresultsaresensitivetochangesinthetimeresolutionanddomainsizeofthespecifiedLBCs.AlargerdomainsizevariesthedistanceoftheareaofinterestfromtheLBCsandreducestheinfluenceoflargeforecasterrorsneartheLBCs.ComparingthemodelresultsusingtheoriginalparameterizationofsensibleheatfluxwiththeNoahlandsurfaceschemeandthoseofthesensitivityexperimentsshowedthatthedesertCBLissensitivetothesensibleheatfluxproducedbythelandsurfaceschemeduringdaytimeinsummer.Areductioninthesensibleheatfluxcancorrectoverestimatesofthepotentialtemperatureprofile.However,increasingthesensibleheatfluxsignificantlyreducesthetotaltimeneededtoincreasetheCBLtoarelativelylowaltitude(<3km)inthemiddleandinitialstagesofthedevelopmentoftheCBLratherthanproducingahigherCBLinthelaterstages.