Improvement of Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction For Coastal Regions of Complex Terrain

Abstract

One goal of this effort is to improve the skill of mesoscale numerical weather prediction (NWP) over coastal regions of complex terrain and to evaluate the effectiveness of high-resolution NWP for civilian and military applications. Other important goals include understanding the structural and dynamical interactions that occur as synoptic weather systems interact with coastal terrain, and the nature of coastal gap flows and other meteorological phenomena associated with coastal orography.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625697

Entities

People

  • Clifford F. Mass

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • British Columbia
  • Coastal Regions
  • Columbia River
  • Delphi Method
  • High Resolution
  • Landforms
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Military Applications
  • North America
  • Orography
  • Physics
  • Regions
  • Terrain
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Systems Analysis and Design