Abstract: Two alternative parameterizations for nonlocal turbulence mixing are tested in a 1D boundary-layer model against a dataset from the 1983 Boundary-Layer Experiment (BLX83) in Oklahoma. One method, proposed previously by ...

Abstract: Onset and coverage of small cumulus clouds depend on the relative abundance of surface-layer air parcels possessing favourable buoyancy and moisture?two variables that are coupled through the surface energy budget. This ...

Abstract: Corby et al. present a finite-difference expression for the horizontal pressure gradient force in sigma coordinates that, in a barotropic atmosphere where the temperature varies linearly with logarithm of pressure, has the ...

Abstract: Chiral structures have many technologically significant applications in engineering. In this paper, we investigate, both theoretically and experimentally, the structural transformation from a symmetric Xshaped tensegrity ...

Abstract: On 7 June 1998, a mesoscale convective system (MCS), associated with a mesoscale cyclone, was initiated on the south side of a mei-yu front near Hong Kong and developed over the Taiwan Strait. In this study, numerical ...

Abstract: Typhoon Winnie (1997) was the fourth supertyphoon in the western North Pacific in 1997. In its mature stage, an outer eyewall, consisting of deep convection with a diameter of 370 km, was observed by satellite and radar. ...

Abstract: Two aspects of Beijing cloudiness are studied: its relationship to other climate parameters during the period 1951?1990 and the reconstruction of proxy values between 1875 and 1950. For the recent period, cloudiness varies ...

Abstract: Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a promising technique to actuate the human musculoskeletal system in the presence of neurological impairments. The closed-loop control of NMES systems is nontrivial due to ...