Colorado State University. Department of Atmospheric Science.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 307
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1979.
Description
A new approach to the problem of deducing wind speed and pressure around tropical cyclones is presented.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 537
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1993.
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A dynamic version of the two dimensional kinematic cloud model of Rutledge and Houze (1987) has been developed to investigate the effect of microphysics on circulations within the stratiform region associated with mesoscale convective systems. The design of the model allows for specified inputs of hydrometeors, water vapor and heat from the convective region.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 440
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1989.
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The concept of "moist available energy," defined by Lorenz is applied to study the potential energy available for cumulus convection in a conditionally unstable atmosphere.
9) The influence of forest fire induced albedo differences on the generation of mesoscale circulations
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 527
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1993.
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The development of a mesoscale circulation by the thermal contrast between a fire burned area surrounded by untouched vegetation was simulated by the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) in order to show the circulation's ability to generate clouds and precipitation.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 341
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1982.
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The net influence of sub-grid or smaller unresolvable scale processes (which cannot be directly detected from conventional observations) on the tangential momentum field in tropical cyclones has been calculated as a residual from the grid-scale momentum budgets of sixteen rawinsonde composite data sets.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 248
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1976.
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Microwave brightness temperature data from the Nimbus 5 satellite have been analyzed, using threshold brightness temperatures, to yield tropical oceanic precipitation frequencies for several classes of rainfall rates during the season December 1972 to February 1973.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 778
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[2006]
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Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) have a large influence on the weather over the central United States during the warm season by generating essential rainfall and severe weather. To gain insight into the predictability of these systems, the precursor environment of several hundred MCSs were thoroughly studied across the U.S. during the warm seasons of 1996-98.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 467
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1990.
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The purpose of this work is to determine theoretically, the microburst detection capabilities of a passive infrared (IR) radiometer system.