Colorado State University. Department of Atmospheric Science.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 124
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1968.
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Two well documented cases of tradewind disturbances are studied. One disturbance developed into Hurricane Carla (1961) while the other failed to intensify. Initially the two cases appeared to be very similar but on closer inspection the flow patterns in which the disturbances were embedded proved to have significant differences. This paper describes these differences.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 217
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1974.
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This paper presents a diagnostic study of two models proposed by Betts (1973a). The first was a model for a well-mixed sub-cloud layer capped by a more stable transition layer. The downward heat flux at the base of this transition layer is here estimated from the thermal structure of the layer to be 15-25% of the surface sensible heat flux. The second model was a model for a two layer lapse-rate structure for the cumulus layer. A sensitivity analysis...
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 158
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1970.
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Denver air pollution is removed in part by what is called the friction-stovepipe effect, a net indraft of air into the city which rises there and then moves outward again; in part by ventilation from winds blowing across town horizontally; and to a smaller extent by vertical turbulence in the middle of the day.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 210
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1973.
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Data from an experiment to measure the upward and downward components of solar radiation from aircraft during the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) have been analyzed in the present study.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 200
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1973.
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Hurricane spawned tornadoes are most frequent at the time when hurricanes initially cross land and undergo rapid filling. This paper presents data composite information on all available rawinsonde and pibal reports surrounding this type of tornado genesis in the United States and Japan.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 437
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1989.
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Bulk models of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) conventionally rely on diagnostic forms of the turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) equation to determine the entrainment rate. During episodes of rapid deepening or shallowing, the local time rate of change of the vertically integrated TKE becomes significant compared to the difference between gross production and dissipation. A method is presented to determine the entrainment rate in a bulk PBL model...
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1979.
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Digital imagery from the SMS 2 geostationary satellite was recorded for analysis in support of the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project. Imagery of five storms during the 1976 77 and 1977 78 seasons of the project were analyzed. Results show the highest precipitation and lowest cloud top temperatures below 35° C occur about one or two hours ahead of the surface cold front within the frontal band. Following the frontal passage an unstable convective orographic...
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 177
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1972.
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A linear theory is given for the case of steady thermal convection in a stratified fluid with a general thermal boundary condition at the upper and lower limits of the system. The theory is applied to a number of fluid systems and the results are discussed in terms of the Rayleigh number, the horizontal wave number and the vertical velocity and temperature perturbation profiles in the vertical.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 311
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1979.
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The sensitivity of mesoscale features with respect to large scale tropical profiles of wind and temperature and to small scale parameterizations is investigated through a linear, spectral, non-hydrostatic model.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 134
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1968.
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The phenomenon of vacillation in a rotating annulus is studied as a possible analogue for the atmospheric index cycle.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 355
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1982.
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A detailed analysis of the 20 July 1977 thunderstorm complex which formed and evolved over the South Park region in Central Colorado is presented.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 182
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1972.
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Observational information from approximately 100 flight missions flown into twenty-one hurricanes on forty-one storm days over a thirteen year period by aircraft of the NOAA's Research Flight Facility is used to present a unified view of the structure, dynamics, and variability of the hurricane's inner core region.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 363
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1983.
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Some results are presented from a completed first stage of a collaborative Colorado State University/Australian Bureau of Meteorology project to investigate various aspects of tropical cyclones in the Australian/southwest Pacific region.
