Abstract: A ?consensus clustering? strategy is applied to long-term temperature and precipitation time series data for the purpose of delineating climate zones of the conterminous United States in a ?data-driven? (as opposed to ...

Abstract: Two-dimensional model simulations were made to gage the effect of the Coriolis force on model squall lines. The case chosen for intensive study had low-to-moderate wind shear confined to low levels. With this wind shear, ...

Abstract: In earlier work, a three-dimensional cloud model was used to simulate the interaction between the sea-breeze front (SBF) and front-parallel horizontal convective rolls (HCRs), resulting in the SBF systematically encountering ...

Abstract: A two-dimensional, anelastic cloud model was used in attempts to numerically replicate the observed structure of a midlatitude squall line. Initial conditions were adapted from observations of the 22 May 1976 Oklahoma line. ...

Abstract: A strictly two-dimensional cloud model was used to gauge the effect of vertical wind shear on the mature phase behavior of model-simulated multicellular storms, extending the previous work of the authors. We specifically ...

Abstract: AbstractThe ?Santa Ana? winds of Southern California represent a high-impact weather event because their dry, fast winds can significantly elevate the wildfire threat. This high-resolution numerical study of six events of ...

Abstract: The temporal behavior of mature multicellular model storms, created in an experiment that varied the vertical wind shear layer depth, is examined herein. These storms form new cells at low levels on the storm's forward ...

Abstract: Using a 6-km-resolution regional climate simulation of Southern California, the effect of orographic blocking on the precipitation climatology is examined. To diagnose whether blocking occurs, precipitating hours are ...

Abstract: The authors study herein the convective cell life cycle and the cell generation process in mature, multicellular squall-line storms possessing well-developed subcloud cold pools using two- and three-dimensional models. The ...