MESOMETEOROLOGICAL STUDY OF SELECTED AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES
Abstract
Horizontal Structure of Moun ain Winds; During December 20-26, 1960, a mesometeorological field operation was conducted in the area of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Major purposes of the operation were to study mesoscale atmospheric circulations during relatively undisturbed conditionsAND TO DETECT LOCAL FEATURES IMPORTANT IN THE GENESIS OR DEVELOPMENT OF MESOSYSTEMS. Analyses, utilizing rawinsonde data, 16-mm time-lapse motion pictures, and surface network data, revealed the existence and periodic occurrence of a mesoscale mountain (downslope) wind which exhibited most of the horizontal characteristics of a cold front. Composite charts illustrate the horizontal structure and motion of the system. An Investigation of Developmental Processes of the Wake Depression Through Excess Pressure Analysis of Nocturnal Showers; A normalization technique by which the material change of excess pressure in a mesosystem can be computed graphically is devised and used in a case study of a system which originated and developed totally within another mesoscale system. Resulting patterns, which include excess pressure production rate and wake production rate, comply with implications from Fujita's computations. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 31, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0265792
Entities
People
- Henry A. Brown
- Joseph L. Goldman
Organizations
- University of Chicago