Mesoscale Structure and Climatology of Rain-Snow Lines over North Carolina

Abstract

The three-dimensional atmospheric structure in the vicinity of the rain-snow line was further explored by means of Barnes-generated fields of divergence. The First Law of Thermodynamics, in a coordinate system following the 0 deg C isotherm (chosen to represent the rain-snow line), was employed. A 22-year (1986-87) climatology of rain-snow lines in North Carolina was compiled. Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA196687

Entities

People

  • Kenneth F. Carey

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cape Hatteras
  • Geography
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • Isotherms
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Network Protocols
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Thermodynamic Processes
  • Thermodynamics
  • United States
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology