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The Linear Dynamics of Squall Line Mesohighs and Wake Lows
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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. ...
Dynamics of 2-Day Equatorial Waves
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Could a Pile of Slippery Sacks Behave Like an Ocean?
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
An Analysis of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves in 20 WCRP CMIP3 Global Coupled Climate Models
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Some Simple Simulations of Thunderstorm Outflows
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Zonal and Vertical Structure of the Madden–Julian Oscillation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Simulating Upwelling in a Large Lake Using Slippery Sacks
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Developing High-Quality Field Program Sounding Datasets
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
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 ...
Lagrangian Analysis of the Meridional Overturning Circulation in an Idealized Ocean Basin
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Lagrangian ocean model is used as a tool to simulate the response of the basin-scale overturning circulation to spatially variable diapycnal mixing in an idealized ocean basin. The model explicitly calculates the ...
Corrected TOGA COARE Sounding Humidity Data: Impact on Diagnosed Properties of Convection and Climate over the Warm Pool
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study reports on the humidity corrections in the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) upper-air sounding dataset and their impact on diagnosed properties of ...