Abstract: The steady-state atmospheric responses to a finite surface heating through thermal eddy diffusion are studied. The effects of the mean wind, the earth's rotation, and the thermal stratification are considered in a linear ...

Abstract: Mesoscale lake-effect snowstorms in the vicinity of Lake Michigan are studied by a linear steady-state analytic model and a nonlinear time-dependent numerical model with parameterized subgrid-scale physics. The solutions ...

Abstract: A stretched coordinate technique for semispectral hydrodynamic models is described that allows for greater flexibility in the placement of model grid points. Stretching is implemented here for the vertical coordinate of ...

Abstract: Future-generation, operational, weather prediction systems will likely include storm-scale, limited-area models that will explicitly resolve convective precipitation. However, the high-resolution convection-resolving grids ...

Abstract: Numerical simulations of terrain-induced turbulence associated with airflow over Lantau Island of Hong Kong are presented. Lantau is a relatively small island with three narrow peaks rising to between 700 and 950 m above ...

Abstract: Directionally averaged time series of precipitation rates for eight warm seasons (1996?2003) over the continental United States derived from Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) measurements are analyzed using spectral ...

Abstract: Recent studies have shown the importance of high-resolution wind in coastal ocean modeling. This paper tests the Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS) at the 9-, 27-, and 81-km grid resolutions in ...

Abstract: An investigation of the generation of turbulence above deep convection is presented. This investigation is motivated by an encounter between a commercial passenger aircraft and severe turbulence above a developing thunderstorm ...