A study of the effect of synoptic scale processes in GCM modelling
Research was conducted to help modeling groups at NASA to develop better weather forecasting and general circulation models (GCM) for activities relating to the meteorological uses of satellite data. The focus was on the physical processes that were being simulated by models: radiative effects and l...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19900017859 2023-05-15T17:29:29+02:00 A study of the effect of synoptic scale processes in GCM modelling Herman, Gerald F. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Mar 9, 1989 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19900017859 unknown Document ID: 19900017859 Accession ID: 90N27175 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19900017859 No Copyright CASI GEOPHYSICS NASA-CR-184804 NAS 1.26:184804 1989 ftnasantrs 2019-08-31T23:07:42Z Research was conducted to help modeling groups at NASA to develop better weather forecasting and general circulation models (GCM) for activities relating to the meteorological uses of satellite data. The focus was on the physical processes that were being simulated by models: radiative effects and latent heat release associated with clouds; orographic influences; and heat transfer at the ocean and ice surfaces. An attempt was made to deduce the role of diabatic heating in North Atlantic cyclogenesis and in the global heat budget. Inferences were made in four studies: heat budget statistics from GCM assimilations; dynamics of north Atlantic cyclones; Cage-type energy budget calculations; and grid scale cloud formation. Mechanisms that were responsible for the variability and structure of the atmospheric on a hemispheric scale were studied by a hybrid of statistical analysis and theoretical modeling. Variability and structure are both related to synoptic scale processes through baroclinic and barotropic energy transformations. Other/Unknown Material North Atlantic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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Research was conducted to help modeling groups at NASA to develop better weather forecasting and general circulation models (GCM) for activities relating to the meteorological uses of satellite data. The focus was on the physical processes that were being simulated by models: radiative effects and latent heat release associated with clouds; orographic influences; and heat transfer at the ocean and ice surfaces. An attempt was made to deduce the role of diabatic heating in North Atlantic cyclogenesis and in the global heat budget. Inferences were made in four studies: heat budget statistics from GCM assimilations; dynamics of north Atlantic cyclones; Cage-type energy budget calculations; and grid scale cloud formation. Mechanisms that were responsible for the variability and structure of the atmospheric on a hemispheric scale were studied by a hybrid of statistical analysis and theoretical modeling. Variability and structure are both related to synoptic scale processes through baroclinic and barotropic energy transformations. |
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A study of the effect of synoptic scale processes in GCM modelling |
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A study of the effect of synoptic scale processes in GCM modelling |
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A study of the effect of synoptic scale processes in GCM modelling |
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