Abstract: Previous investigations of boundary layer adjustment, such as those by Panofsky and Townsend, and more recently by Townsend, have been based upon similarity arguments. In this paper, however, the adjustment of a neutrally ...

Abstract: Numerical simulations of the 11 January 1972 windstorm in Boulder, Colorado, were carded out using a hydrostatic model with a turbulent kinetic energy parameterization to investigate the role of fictional effects in the ...

Abstract: Aircraft observations west of the island of Hawaii in June 1980 during the Hawaii Mesoscale Energy and Climate (HAMEC) Project have provided the first in situ measurements of airflow within atmospheric vortices downwind ...

Abstract: A transcendental equation is presented for the Monin-Obukhov length L based upon (i) the Businger-Dyer surface layer formulations, (ii) parameterizations of the moisture flux, ground storage, and radiation terms in the ...

Abstract: Orographic precipitation enhancement associated with the feeder mechanism proposed by Bergeron has been simulated using a two dimensions model based upon primitive equations including detailed parameter microphysics. A ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional meso-? model with parameterized microphysics is presented. The model is capable of simulating orographically forced clouds, rain, and airflow. Tests using a two-dimensional version confirm the ability ...

Abstract: Two widely used microphysical schemes are compared to evaluate their possible impact on wet deposition mechanisms. They are based upon different spectral distributions for raindrops (Marshall-Palmer and lognormal distributions) ...

Abstract: The influence of vegetative cover on the development of mountain waves is analyzed using a two-dimensional meso-? model. The model includes a detailed representation of surface fluxes and friction that evolve in time as ...