Evolution of Low-level Flow Patterns in Littoral Regions When Extratropical Marine Cyclones Encounter Coastal Mountains

Abstract

The long term goal of this project is to understand the interaction of slightly different large scale flows interaction with complex coastal topography to produce both regions of enhanced and diminished near surface winds. The objectives of this study are to utilize mesoscale and enhanced synoptic scale observations from the California Land-falling Jets Experiment (CALJET) to define the mesoscale wind fields in complex coastal topography. These mesoscale wind fields will be related to critical parameters in the incident flow to determine when sheltering and enhancement of local winds occurs. The ability of mesoscale models to capture this interaction will also be examined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2000
Accession Number
ADA610253

Entities

People

  • Douglas K. Miller
  • Wendell A. Nuss

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Assimilation
  • California
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Landforms
  • Meteorology
  • Mountains
  • Observation
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Quality Control
  • Stratification
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal Oceanography