Abstract: uring the summer, strong surface heating combines with the terrain and land?water contrasts of the northwest United States to create a complex array of diurnal circulations. Though observational and modeling studies have ...

Abstract: lthough the West Coast thermal trough (WCTT) is the most important mesoscale feature over the U.S. west coast during the warm season, its initiation, evolution, and structure are not well understood. Originating in the ...

Abstract: espite the significant impacts of the West Coast thermal trough (WCTT) on West Coast weather and climate, questions remain regarding its mesoscale structure, origin, and dynamics. Of particular interest is the relative ...