Abstract: Inertial and frictional effects on stratified hydrostatic airflow past an isolated warm region are investigated by linear theories. For an inviscid quasi-geostrophic flow, there exists in the lower layer upward motion ...

Abstract: A linear quasi-geostrophic theory of coastal cyclogenesis proposed by Lin has been extended by a semigeostrophic model. The response of an east?west backsheared, quasi-geostrophic baroclinic flow over an isolated heat ...

Abstract: A quasi-geostrophic theory of cyclogenesis forced by a low-level diabatic heating in a backsheared baroclinic flow is proposed. Existence of wind reversal in one direction of the basic flow is an essential criterion to ...

Abstract: A two-dimensional, linearized problem in a stratified shell flow with either isolated heating or differential heating is investigated. In response to isolated heating with the heating top below the wind reversal height, ...

Abstract: The stably stratified airflow over a three-dimensional elevated heat source is investigated using the linearized equations of motion. A low-level upward motion can be produced for airflow over a prescribed, isolated heat ...

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Abstract: The three-dimensional response of a shear flow to elevated heating is investigated using linear theory. The basic wind profile is allowed to reverse directions at a certain height. Effects of shear, evaporative cooling, ...

Abstract: series of systematic two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D, respectively) idealized numerical experiments were conducted to investigate the combined effects of dynamical and physical processes on orographic precipitation ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results from a numerical investigation of the responses of stratified airflow to prescribed near-surface mesoscale axisymmetric (circular) and elongated (elliptical) heat sources under uniform basic ...

Abstract: An orographic rainfall event that occurred on 6?7 August 1999 during the passage of Tropical Storm (TS) Rachel over Taiwan is investigated by performing triply nested, nonhydrostatic numerical simulations using the Naval ...