Abstract: diabatic theories of ocean circulation and density structure have a long tradition, from the concept of the ventilated thermocline to the notion that deep ocean ventilation is controlled by westerly winds over the Southern ...

Abstract: Two surface pressure features that commonly accompany squall lines, the mesohigh and the wake low, may be explained at least in part as a linear response to the low-level cooling associated with stratiform precipitation. ...

Abstract: The dynamics of the 2-day wave, a type of convectively coupled disturbance that frequents the equatorial western Pacific, is examined using observations and a linear primitive equation model. A statistical composite of the ...

Abstract: A method for simulating fluid motions that shows promise for application to the oceans is explored. Incompressible inviscid fluids with free surfaces are represented as piles of slippery sacks. A system of ordinary ...

Abstract: Output from 20 coupled global climate models is analyzed to determine whether convectively coupled Kelvin waves exist in the models, and, if so, how their horizontal and vertical structures compare to observations. Model ...

Abstract: Three idealized simulations of thunderstorm outflows are presented. Each outflow is a response to an instantaneous low-level cooling. The vertical structures of the coolings differ as do the environments in which the ...

Abstract: A statistical study of the three-dimensional structure of the Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO) is carried out by projecting dynamical fields from reanalysis and radiosonde data onto space?time filtered outgoing longwave ...

Abstract: A Lagrangian numerical model is used to simulate upwelling in an idealized large lake. This simulation is carried out to test the model's potential for simulating lake and ocean circulations. The model is based on the ...

Abstract: resources of time, effort, and finances are expended in collecting field program rawinsonde (sonde) datasets. Correcting the data and performing quality control (QC) in a timely fashion after the field phase of an experiment ...