Mesoscale Coastally-Trapped Response to Synoptic Variability

Abstract

The long term goal of this project is to improve our understanding and forecasting of mesoscale coastally trapped weather events along mountainous coastlines. The objectives of this project are to document the mesoscale structure of coastally-trapped phenomena along the U.S. West Coast, establish the relationship between the synoptic-scale structure and the onset of coastally-trapped disturbances, determine the sensitivity of coastally-trapped phenomena to synoptic-scale variability, and to establish forecast criteria for predicting coastally-trapped disturbances. This work is supported entirely by the Office of Naval Research Marine Meteorology program through the Coastal Meteorology Accelerated Research Initiative.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA536777

Entities

People

  • Wendell A. Nuss

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Channel Flow
  • Classification
  • Delphi Method
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Information Operations
  • Layers
  • Marine Meteorology
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Scale Models

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers