OBJECTIVE AND DYNAMICAL STUDIES OF TROPICAL WEATHER PHENOMENA

Abstract

The special difficulties of weather analysis in the tropics are reviewed. The bulk of the report describes investigations and tests of objective (computer) techniques that are applicable to tropical usage. The advantages of analysing layer-averaged winds, temperatures, heights, and humidity are described. Layer-averaged winds are utilized in the computation of a stream function. The mathematical basis of the ''direct method'' of stream function computation is given and the computer procedure is outlined. The results are compared with independent subjective analyses and show excellent agreement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419052

Entities

People

  • R. L. Mancuso
  • R. M. Endlich

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Equations
  • Grids
  • Humidity
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • Stations
  • Weather
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Wind
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Oceanography.