contributor author | Pan, Zaitao | |
contributor author | Segal, Moti | |
contributor author | Arritt, Raymond W. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T16:15:15Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T16:15:15Z | |
date copyright | 2004/01/01 | |
date issued | 2004 | |
identifier issn | 0027-0644 | |
identifier other | ams-64221.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4205311 | |
description abstract | Regional model sensitivity simulations in which the height of elevated terrain was reduced to explore simulated changes in features of the low-level jet (LLJ) are presented. Such an approach has not been reported, and it provides complementary insight to the previous LLJ studies. The simulations were carried out for a 45-day period during the 1993 summer flood in the central United States, when strong LLJs were frequent. The simulations illustrate directly the significance of topographical blocking, leeside cyclogenesis, and terrain thermal effects exerted by the Rocky Mountains in support of LLJ formation. In particular, it is shown that in the absence of topography the ridging from the Bermuda high extended considerably westward with weaker southerly flow over the High Plains, thus diminishing the potential for LLJ development. The slope-induced nocturnal horizontal thermal gradient was indicated to have a significant role in the formation of the LLJ. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | Role of Topography in Forcing Low-Level Jets in the Central United States during the 1993 Flood-Altered Terrain Simulations | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 132 | |
journal issue | 1 | |
journal title | Monthly Weather Review | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0396:ROTIFL>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 396 | |
journal lastpage | 403 | |
tree | Monthly Weather Review:;2004:;volume( 132 ):;issue: 001 | |
contenttype | Fulltext | |