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 momentum transfer, and the transient interaction of solar radiation with the earth's atmosphere. The results of the research on the solar radiation include several calculations and comparisons with experimental data of heat fluxes in the atmosphere. The major tasks of the orographic study have been to: (1) develop a three-dimensional transient Boussinesq code, (2) continue development and check out of the linear steady state codes, and (3) continue to test the HAIFA codes and make runs using real topography data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 1973
Accession Number
AD0762584

Entities

Organizations

  • Utility Systems Science and Software (United States)

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Diffraction
  • Equations Of State
  • Fluid Flow
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Mie Scattering
  • Refraction
  • Scattering
  • Solar Radiation
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers