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The Morning Glory: An Atmospheric Hydraulic Jump
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ?Morning glory? is a local name given to a frequently occurring, near-dawn squall, accompanied by long, low, narrow cloud bands, on the south coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria. A series of simple computation experiments ...
MESOSTRUCTURE OF DRY COLD FRONTS OVER FEATURELESS TERRAIN
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Serial pilot balloon flights, radiosonde and aircraft data in the vicinity of dry cold fronts and seabreeze fronts in summertime have made possible a clearer view of the meso-scale structure of such phenomena. In the ...
On the Appropriate Scaling for Velocity and Temperature in the Planetary Boundary Layer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Data from a recent experiment indicate that the height scale for wind in the planetary boundary layer is u*/F, where u*/F is the friction velocity and f the Coriolis parameter, rather than zi, the height of the convection-limiting ...
The Morning Glory of the Gulf of Carpentaria: An Atmospheric Undular Bore
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper presents the results of a field expedition mounted in late September/early October 1979 to investigate the structure and origin of the ?morning glory? of the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia. The morning ...