ATMOSPHERIC OSCILLATIONS AND RELATED SYNOPTIC PATTERNS

Abstract

Records from sensitive microbarovariographs installed at Palisades, N. Y., Columbia University, and the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, L. I. were studied in connection with synoptic and local weather data. A number of pressure events were noted in connection with the passage of certain synoptic situations. These included pressure jump lines, squall lines, cold fronts, and thunderstorms. Low level turbulence or convection associated with certain air masses at certain times is well-recorded by short-period pressure variations. Conclusions regarding the origin of squall lines are drawn from the empirical evidence given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1953
Accession Number
AD0020923

Entities

People

  • Frank Press
  • Maurice Ewing
  • Richard Rommer
  • William Donn

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Masses
  • Amplitude
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Cold Fronts
  • Convection
  • Discontinuities
  • Gravity Waves
  • Instability
  • Intensity
  • Meteorology
  • New York
  • Observatories
  • Turbulence
  • Universities
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Seismology