Final Technical Report on Contract N00014-85-C-0785 (Frederick Sanders),
Abstract
We find that during ERICA skill was retained by National Meteorological Center's global modal out to a range of at least five days, and that this model was somewhat superior in this respect to the models of the United Kingdom Meteorological Office and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting. It is understood that the event occurs when a pre-existing prominent mobile upper-level trough propagates over the eastern continental coast where there is a strong horizontal temperature gradient at lower levels. This gradient is a nearly permanent feature of the winter pattern and is attributable to the contrast in sea-surface temperature between the Sargasso Sea (the Gulf Stream in particular) and the cooler continental shelf waters, and between the latter and the radiatively cooled continent itself.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 31, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA240889
Entities
People
- Frederick Sanders