Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics - The Influence of Convection on Large-Scale Circulations - 1988

Abstract

Contents: Review of Dry Convection; Other Buoyant Plumes and Thermals; Global Convection; Moist Thermodynamics; Non Precipitating Cloud; Taxonomy of Precipitating Clouds; The Dynamics of precipitating Convection; Tropical Cyclones: Observations and Energetics; Dynamics of Tropical Cyclones; Oscillations in Convectively Adjusted Flows; Large-Scale Dynamics And Topology Near The Onset Of Convection; Entrainment And Detrainment In Cumulus Clouds; Baroclinic Models And Hurricane Motion; Capillary-Gravity Surface Wave Modes In A Closed Vessel With Edge Constraint: Eigen Frequency and Dissipation; Rotating Rayleigh-Benard Convection With Fixed Flux Boundaries; Low Frequencies Oscillations In A Linear Coupled Atmospheric-Ocean Model; One-Dimensional Model For Microbursts; The 30-60 Day Oscillation In The Tropics-Wind Evaporation Feedback And Up-Down Asymmetry; 3D Instability of Bounded Elliptical Flow; and A Model of Squall Line Propagation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA216024

Entities

People

  • Glenn R. Flierl
  • Pamela J. Goulart

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Convection
  • Doppler Effect
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geography
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Ridges
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Thermodynamics
  • Topography
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers