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Critical Level Reflection and the Resonant Growth of Nonlinear Mountain Waves
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: We examine the evolution of a field of internal waves launched by stratified flow over symmetric topography in mean flows which reverse direction at some height above the surface. With the gradient Richardson number at ...
On the Evolution and Stability of Finite-Amplitude Mountain Waves
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: We describe a series of fixed Froude number numerical simulations of the generation of internal gravity waves by the flow of stably stratified fluid over an isolated obstacle. Upstream of the obstacle the parallel flow is ...
The Evolution and Stability of Finite-Amplitude Mountain Waves. Part II: Surface Wave Drag and Severe Downslope Windstorms
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The transient evolution of internal waves which are forced by the flow of stably stratified fluid over two-dimensional topography exhibits several pronounced nonlinear effects for geophysically relevant values of the ...
Gravity Waves Generated during Frontogenesis
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Gravity waves forced by nonhydrostatic and nongeostrophic processes within a frontal zone are discussed. In particular, stationary waves immediately above and below the surface front are considered. The waves that appear ...
On the Minimum Scale of Surface Fronts
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A series of numerical experiments of a surface front forced by stretching deformation using Clark's nonhydrostatic model at very high resolution is presented. These simulations are compared to those reported by Williams ...
Errors in Wind Fields Derived from Multiple-Doppler Radars: Random Errors and Temporal Errors Associated with Advection and Evolution
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Simulations from a time-dependent model of moist convection have been used to assess magnitudes of errors in the estimates of derived wind fields from the synthesis of data from a network of Doppler radars. The two types ...