NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
A comparison of observed and model energy balance for an extratropical cyclone systemEddy kinetic energy budgets are presented for both moist and dry 48 h forecasts and corresponding observations of a developing winter extratropical cyclone. A diagnosis of observational data energetics is presented and compared with model results for an intense, occluding winter cyclone associated with a strong, well-developed jet stream. The nature of the eddy kinetic energy sources and sinks associated with the strong baroclinic development occurring in this cyclonic system is examined, and the extent to which to observed energy sources and sinks are present in the numerical predictions is addressed. The possibility of explaining differences between the observed and predicted cyclone systems by analyzing these kinetic energy properties is considered.
Document ID
19840066729
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Dare, P. M.
(Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Smith, P. J.
(Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Monthly Weather Review
Volume: 112
ISSN: 0027-0644
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
84A49516
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-34009
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.
No Preview Available