Frontal Motion in the Atmosphere.

Abstract

The motion of frontal disturbances in the atmosphere is studied based on several nonlinear models proposed by Stoker. In the first model, the air is considered to be an incompressible fluid moving over a plane tangent to the rotating earth. The fluid consists of two layers and the density in each layer is assumed to be constant. The hydrostatic pressure law is then used to reduce this to a two space dimensional model. The boundary between these layers is a contact discontinuity and so instabilities may occur at this frontal surface. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715068

Entities

People

  • Eli L. Turkel

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Discontinuities
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Instability
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Physics
  • Static Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers