The Effects of Meso-Scale and Small-Scale Interactions on Global Climate

Abstract

The results reported are part of a continuing study to improve numerical models for meso-scale and small-scale effects which influence global weather and its modification. The two major areas being studied are the effects of mountain ranges on energy and momentum transfer and the transient interaction of solar radiation with the Earth's atmosphere. A new theoretical and numerical scheme for solving the radiative transfer equation in the Earth's atmosphere has been developed. Some improvements in the treatment of Mie scattering are presented, and the overall status of the radiation code is reviewed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1972
Accession Number
AD0739541

Entities

Organizations

  • Utility Systems Science and Software (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Algorithms
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Difference Equations
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Grids
  • Mie Scattering
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Scattering
  • Thermodynamics
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering