Abstract: The response of a stratified atmosphere to local heating is a common element in several problems in mesoscale dynamics. To investigate this response, a time-dependent linearized problem is solved analytically for an elevated, ...

Abstract: Trajectories of 500- and 1000-?m diameter particles are calculated as they fall through the spatially varying flow field above sinusoidal terrain for various combinations of atmospheric stability, wind speed, and terrain ...

Abstract: This study has employed both observational data and numerical simulation results to diagnose the synoptic-scale and mesoscale environments conducive to forest fires during the October 2003 extreme fire event in southern ...

Abstract: Two-dimensional simulations of the 11 January 1972 Boulder, Colorado, windstorm, obtained from 11 diverse nonhydrostatic models, are intercompared with special emphasis on the turbulent breakdown of topographically forced ...