Front-Boundary Layer Models from STORM-FEST Observations.

Abstract

The cold frontal event of 20-21 February 1992 that occurred in a densely instrumented observational domain during the Storm scale Operational and Research Meteorology Fronts Experiment Systems Test (STORM-FEST) was examined. Data were analyzed and the observed event was compared to a theoretical model that contains the basic physical mechanisms of dry and inviscid frontogenesis. The actual frontal evolution above the boundary layer (400-500m) compared well with the model predictions, but not in the boundary layer itself.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 16, 1995
Accession Number
ADA301511

Entities

People

  • William Blumen

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Colorado
  • Layers
  • Models
  • Observation
  • Oscillation
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State
  • Temperature Gradients
  • United States
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers