NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION PATTERNS

Abstract

Present numerical weather products do not include a current analysis or a forecast of large scale occurrence of cloudiness and precipitation. The model used in this paper uses vertical velocities and dew-point depressions at the levels of 850, 700 and 500 mb as inputs to a diagram which determines the accompanying weather parameter. Good results were obtained for a current analysis, but the prognosis scheme used proved to be unsatisfactory at the present time. The model is programmed for the Control Data Corporation 1604 digital computer to utilize the operational output of machine-processed data and analysis produced by the U. S. Navy Fleet Numerical Weather Facility (FNWF), Monterey, California.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0603432

Entities

People

  • C. D. Clower
  • E. L. Geraldson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Computers
  • Depression
  • Dew Point
  • Equations
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Grids
  • Lapse Rate
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • Moisture Content
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Precipitation
  • United States
  • Verification
  • Weather
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Climatology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation