'Mountain waves' presentation slideshows

Ch 12 - Turbulence

Ch 12 - Turbulence. Introduction. A characteristic of most naturally occurring fluids is that they contain some degree of turbulence This means that you can usually find some part of the fluid where the velocities are fluctuating in a chaotic manner. The atmosphere is one of those fluids

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GOES-R Aviation Weather Applications Frederick R. Mosher NWS/NCEP Aviation Weather Center

GOES-R Aviation Weather Applications Frederick R. Mosher NWS/NCEP Aviation Weather Center. Aviation is Weather Sensitive. Thunderstorms Turbulence Aircraft Icing Volcanic Ash Head/Tail Winds Clouds/Restricted Visibility. New Technologies for Aviation Weather.

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A modeling study of orographic convection and mountain waves in the landfalling typhoon Nari (2001)

A modeling study of orographic convection and mountain waves in the landfalling typhoon Nari (2001). Xiao-Dong Tang, Ming-Jen Yang and Zhe -Min Tan 2011/11/15. Introduction (I).

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Research on the impact of mountain waves on general aviation

Research on the impact of mountain waves on general aviation. Deon van der Mescht. Mountain wave definition.

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Mountain waves in Norway A case study (4. Nov. 2009 ) ?

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Mountain waves in Norway A case study (4. Nov. 2009 ) ?

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Mountain Waves & Clouds

Mountain Waves & Clouds. Investigating the occurrence of cloud-producing mountain waves. Alistair Reid. What is a mountain wave?. Mountain (or Lee) Waves are formed by wind flowing over the ridge of a mountain: May extend for many km downwind May extend high into the atmosphere (60,000ft)

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Mountain Waves & Clouds

Mountain Waves & Clouds. Investigating the occurrence of cloud-producing mountain waves. Alistair Reid. What is a mountain wave?. Mountain (or Lee) Waves are formed by wind flowing over the ridge of a mountain: May extend for many km downwind May extend high into the atmosphere (60,000ft)

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SIGMET

SIGMET. These messages are intended to provide short term warnings of certain potentially hazardous weather phenomena. Warnings are issued for: active thunderstorm areas, lines of thunderstorms, heavy hail, severe turbulence or icing, marked mountain waves, hurricanes,

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Mountain Waves & Clouds

Mountain Waves & Clouds. Investigating the occurrence of cloud-producing mountain waves. Alistair Reid. What is a mountain wave?. Mountain (or Lee) Waves are formed by wind flowing over the ridge of a mountain: May extend for many km downwind May extend high into the atmosphere (60,000ft)

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Downslope Windstorms

Downslope Windstorms. Yet another thing I do not understand but must try to forecast. Overview. Observations and Theory A few equations Forecasting downslope winds Online tutorial East and West forecast lab cases. Downslope Windstorms. Result from breaking mountain waves

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Flow Interaction with Topography

Flow Interaction with Topography. Fundamental concepts: http://www.meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/flowtopo/ Mountain waves and down slope winds: http://www.meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/mtnwave/ Overview: Hazards Waves Features Climatology (pg 1 only) Downslope winds: Concepts Factors Interactions

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