Meso-scale Atmospheric Circulations |
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Agee airflow amplitude analysis areas atmos atmosphere bands boundary Browning Cato Ridge cells cellular convection cloud component coriolis force cumulonimbus cumulus cyclones density direction down-valley wind downdraught downslope winds effects flow fluid frequency friction Fujita geostrophic wind gradient wind gravity waves gust front hailstorms Haurwitz heat height km horizontal humidity instability katabatic Kuettner land breeze layer lee waves low level maximum meso-scale circulations Meteorological metres per second mountain msĀ¹ onset Period of observations potential temperature precipitation pressure gradient force propagation rainbands relative Schematic sea breeze sea breeze circulation sea breeze front sea/land breeze severe local storms severe storms shows simulated slope wind squall line stability structure studies supercell synoptic scale Table theoretical theory three-dimensional thunderstorm Thyer tropical troposphere two-dimensional up-valley updraught upslope wind valley wind values variation vertical velocity vorticity warm wavelength Weath wind shear wind speed