Simulation Research to Develop Objective Meteorological Prediction Capability

Abstract

The report is a continuation of the work included in Technical Report ECOM-0280-6 regarding the investigation of the suitability of an alternate expression for the exchange coefficients for momentum which are an integral part of the set of meteorological equations presently being used to simulate the atmospheric boundary layer. Solutions for Cases I-B, II, III, and IV-A of the Dallas Tower Network data incorporating the alternate exchange coefficient are included in the report. These solutions indicate that the alternate expression for the exchange coefficient for momemtum produces more realistic results which are consistent with the expected diurnal variation of the exchange coefficients and which yield predicted winds at 8-m height which are closer to the observed values for long time intervals than those winds predicted by the original exchange coefficient relationship.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0744793

Entities

People

  • Tom E. Sanford

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Analog Computers
  • Boundary Layer
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Intervals
  • Layers
  • Momentum
  • New Jersey
  • Shear Stresses
  • Simulations
  • Square Roots
  • Surface Energy
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Time Intervals
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Wind Direction

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Coastal Oceanography