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A Numerical Study of Nonlinear Nonhydrostatic Conditional Symmetric Instability in a Convectively Unstable Atmosphere
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Nonlinear nonhydrostatic conditional symmetric instability (CSI) is studied as an initial value problem using a two-dimensional (y, z)nonlinear, nonhydrostatic numerical mesoscale/cloud model. The initial atmosphere for ...
Evolution of Slantwise Vertical Motions in NCEP’s Mesoscale Eta Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Numerical forecasts from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction?s mesoscale version of the ? coordinate?based model, hereafter referred to as MESO, have been analyzed to study the roles of conditional symmetric ...
Three-Dimensional Cloud-System Modeling of GATE Convection
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Deep convection and its associated mesoscale circulations are modeled using a three-dimensional elastic model with bulk microphysics and interactive radiation for a composite easterly wave from the Global Atmospheric ...
An Evaluation of Alternatives to the Retrieval Methods Used in Processing FGGE Level II TIROS-N Soundings
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Alternatives to the retrieval techniques applied by NESDIS operations to derive the FGGF Level IIa soundings are examined. A physical iterative retrieval technique is compared to the operational statistical method, and the ...
An Observation of Banded Convective Development in the Presence of Weak Symmetric Stability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Satellite imagery dramatically portrays a mesoscale organization of deep convection over the south central United States on 5 June 1986. Free convection was expected over the region. The rapid development and organization ...
A Cumulus Parameterization Including Mass Fluxes, Convective Vertical Velocities, and Mesoscale Effects: Thermodynamic and Hydrological Aspects in a General Circulation Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A cumulus parameterization based on mass fluxes, convective-scale vertical velocities, and mesoscale effects has been incorporated in an atmospheric general circulation model (GCM). Most contemporary cumulus parameterizations ...
Evaluating the Diurnal Cycle of Upper-Tropospheric Ice Clouds in Climate Models Using SMILES Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: pper-tropospheric ice cloud measurements from the Superconducting Submillimeter Limb Emission Sounder (SMILES) on the International Space Station (ISS) are used to study the diurnal cycle of upper-tropospheric ice cloud ...
The Dynamical Core, Physical Parameterizations, and Basic Simulation Characteristics of the Atmospheric Component AM3 of the GFDL Global Coupled Model CM3
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) has developed a coupled general circulation model (CM3) for the atmosphere, oceans, land, and sea ice. The goal of CM3 is to address emerging issues in climate change, including ...