Effects of Mountain Ranges on Mesoscale Systems Development.

Abstract

In this report progress during the first six months of an effort to examine the role of elevated terrain in the initiation and development of mesoscale convective weather systems over the midwestern U.S. and eastern China is discussed. Major areas of activity presented include data acquisition, the development of a climatology of convective system occurrence, the identification of areas of frequent initial convective activity over the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, and the presentation of several preliminary case studies. Also discussed in the initial evaluation of numerical modeling efforts to be made for case study analyses. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA126764

Entities

People

  • Donna F. Tucker
  • Elmar R. Reiter
  • John D. Sheaffer
  • Marjorie A. Klitch
  • Ray L. Mcanelly

Organizations

  • Colorado State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Case Studies
  • Central America
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Gravity Waves
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • Life Cycles
  • Meteorology
  • North America
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Surface Temperature
  • Terrain
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.