Thunderstorm Gust Fonts--Observations and Modeling.

Abstract

Gust front structures as observed and as modeled are reviewed and a mean model presented. Integrated observations from the 461 m meteorologically instrumented tower at Oklahoma City, OK, aircraft, weather satellites and Doppler radar are compared to one and two-dimensional models to provide a better understanding of the gust front. In the mean, updrafts of 3 m/sec accompany the gust front's approach. Horizontal wind shears are 8 m/sec per km. Gust front cases in 1976 and 1977 are presented along with a data log of tower observations. Aircraft observations during gust front flights are also presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA068425

Entities

People

  • J. Stokes
  • J. T. Lee
  • T. Baxter
  • Y. Sasaki

Organizations

  • National Severe Storms Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Masses
  • Aircrafts
  • Buoyancy
  • Climate Change
  • Cold Fronts
  • Convection
  • Doppler Radar
  • Heat Energy
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Latent Heat
  • Specific Heat
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Thermodynamics
  • Turbulence
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris