The dynamical processes which maintain atmospheric disturbances
in regions of strong wintertime variability of the northern hemisphere
are examined using data from a GCM simulation. Time series of the
dependent variables and diabatic heating components from 10 Northern
Hemisphere winters simulated by the Oregon State University two-level
GCM are used....
The thesis examines the applicability of a two-dimensional flow
acceleration model to describe a terrain-induced flow perturbation as
measured at Yaquina Head on the central Oregon coast. The geometry of
Yaquina Head together with the upstream wind values were used in estimating
hilltop winds. These estimates compare well with the...
Numerical simulation of the January and July global
climate with the OSU two-level atmospheric general circulation
model has generated time series of the global
distribution of selected climatic variables. Analyses of
these data for the kinetic energy and available potential
energy based on 31-day time mean statistics have been
made...
The dynamical nature of atmospheric disturbances in
the Southern Hemisphere simulated by a two-level general
circulation (GCM) model is studied. Time series of the
dependent variables and diabatic heating components from
10 Southern Hemisphere winters (JJA) and summers (DJF)
simulated by the Oregon State University two-level GCM are
used. The...
Using rotated principal component analysis, 200mb wind data from
the First GARP Global Experiment are analyzed in the East Asia winter
monsoon region. It is found that there exist slowly eastward-moving
disturbances with a wind-speed maximum embedded in the jet stream
(jet streak). The implied vertical circulation that is transverse...