Effects of Meso-Scale and Small-Scale Interactions on Global Climate. Volume I. Orographic Effects on Global Climate

Abstract

The report summarizes the three-year research program at Systems, Science and Software to investigate the effects of meso-scale and small-scale interactions on global climate. The research concentrated on two areas, orographic effects on the wind patterns and effects of radiation transport on the climate. Volume I describes the orographic research and includes the theory of momentum transport due to mountain ranges, the formulation of several computer codes to calculate the effects for realistic topography and wind profiles, and the application of these codes to various problems and comparison with other calculations as well as experimental results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1975
Accession Number
ADA007034

Entities

People

  • John Schaibly

Organizations

  • Utility Systems Science and Software (United States)

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buoyancy
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geography
  • Meteorology
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Three Dimensional
  • Turbulence
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Economics
  • Marine Mammal Biology