Abstract: A fully nonlinear model is used to reexamine the impact of a zonally varying basic state on the propagation characteristics of latitudinally equatorially trapped modes. Linear studies have shown that such modes are ...

Abstract: Short equatorially trapped Rossby waves are usually thought to he trapped and dissipated nea the region of creation because of their relatively slow group speeds and because of the relatively low amplitude basic state ...

Abstract: Previous studies have suggested that the regions of mean anomalous perturbation kinetic energy which exist in the vicinity of the equatorial upper-tropospheric westerlies are the result of the propagation of extratropical ...

Abstract: A generalized seven-coefficient model of two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection is presented. The model simulates successfully one means by which lateral cell expansion can occur as the value of the imposed vertical ...

Abstract: The accuracies of the usual centered differencing, compact differencing and finite element methods are compared linearly with a geostrophic adjustment problem and nonlinearly with a vorticity advection problem. The finite ...

Abstract: A two-way interactive, nested-grid system tested with The Pennsylvania Slate University/INCAR three-dimensional mesoscale model is described. A mesh structure, designed to minimize numerical noise, together with a procedure ...

Abstract: The authors have developed a new extended-range flood forecasting system for large river basins that uses satellite data and statistically rendered probabilistic weather and climate predictions to initialize basin-scale ...