Abstract: By examining chain rule transformation and tensor transformation results, it is shown that the small slope assumption mentioned in Pielke and Martin (1981) is not required for the validity of the hydrostatic equation in ...

Abstract: A comparative study for the year 1958 of 259 cyclones in the lee of major mountain barriers in Fast Asia, and of 146 cyclones in the lee of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, shows complex multiple-frequency maxima of initial ...

Abstract: A two-dimensional numerical model is used to simulate nocturnal drainage flow in a small urban valley with light prevailing winds and conditions of supercritical Richardson numbers (Ri). The model uses a hydrostatic and ...

Abstract: Two years of mesoscale weather data collected from the Federal Aviation Administration's Atlantic City mesometeorological network (mesonet) were used for the development and testing of techniques for 15-, 30- and 60-min ...