Abstract: Dynamical, rather than kinematical, considerations indicate that a generalized potential vorticity in terms of the gradient of an arbitrary scalar function requires that the potential vorticity flux vector contain a ...

Abstract: The feasibility of a statistical reconstruction of mesoscale precipitation fields over complex topography from a sparse rain gauge network is examined. Reconstructions of gridded monthly precipitation for the European Alps ...

Abstract: n summertime fair-weather days, thermally driven wind systems play an important role in determining the initiation of convection and the occurrence of localized precipitation episodes over mountainous terrain. This study ...

Abstract: his paper introduces an idealized cloud-resolving modeling (CRM) framework for the study of midlatitude diurnal convection over land. The framework is used to study the feedbacks among soil, boundary layer, and diurnal ...