Abstract: The problem of establishing the important mechanisms and processes in surface fronts is examined. It is shown that boundary layer processes may modify the details of frontal dynamics near the surface and that at the same ...

Abstract: The governing vorticity and divergence equations in the surface layer are derived and the roles of the different terms and feedback mechanisms are investigated in semigeostrophic and nongeostrophic cold-frontal systems. A ...

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Abstract: Nine clouds are simulated by perturbing Florida Area Cumulus Experiment (FACE) field soundings employing the Colorado State University cloud model. After a cloud similar in size to the one observed is initiated, glaciation ...

Abstract: Analyses of remotely sensed wind vector data from six satellite passes over parts of the Southern Ocean during September 1978 are shown. Winds are input to a planetary boundary layer model to produce sea level pressure ...

Abstract: The University of Washington's planetary boundary layer model is inverted to use remotely sensed satellite scatterometer-derived surface winds as input to calculate maritime surface pressure fields. The analysis of three ...

Abstract: Observations show that, for a given geostrophic forcing, baroclinity acting on the planetary boundary layer produces a nearly sinusoidal modification of the near-surface wind. Compared to barotropic conditions the speed ...

Abstract: Fields of divergence calculated from the Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer winds and fields of integrated water vapor and rainrate from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer on Seasat are constructed for three ...