A Numerical Study of the Effect of the Gulf Stream and the Appalachian Mountains on Carolina Coastal Frontogenesis

• Main Authors: Xu, Liang, Raman, Sethu, Madala, Rangarao V.
• Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Atmospheric Physics; *COASTAL REGIONS; *GULF STREAM; *FRONTS(OCEANOGRAPHY); *APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; OCEAN CURRENTS; AIR FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; WINTER; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; HEAT FLUX; ARCTIC REGIONS; CONVECTION(ATMOSPHERIC); AIR MASSES; PE61153N; Arctic; Raleigh
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA293765; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA293765

Three numerical experiments were conducted to understand the role of the Gulf Stream and the Appalachian mountains on the formation of coastal frontogenesis along the mid-Atlantic coast during the winter months. A 3-dimensional, 10-layer, 1-way interactive, triple-nested hydrostatic model was used....