Download or read book Practical Meteorology written by Roland Stull and published by Sundog Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quantitative introduction to atmospheric science for students and professionals who want to understand and apply basic meteorological concepts but who are not ready for calculus.
Download or read book Strong Wind and Vertical Wind Shear Above 30 Km written by Arthur J. Kantor and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strong wind and vertical wind shear must be considered for design and operation of vehicles that will either operate in or penetrate the upper stratosphere and mesosphere. Global extremes of these atmosphere parameters are estimated in this report for altitudes above 30 km. For the Northern Hemisphere estimated 90, 95, and 99% winds, related to the windiest months and locations, are provided for altitudes between 30 and 80 km. Speed increases up to about 55 km and appears to decrease thereafter up to at least 75 or 80 km in November, December, and January. The 99% winds can be expected to approach 215 mps near 55 km at certain locations between latitudes 35 and 60N. For the Southern Hemisphere 90, 95, and 99% winds are provided for altitudes between 30 and 60 km. The 99% winds reach roughly 200 mps near 55 km. Since estimates for the Southern Hemisphere are not necessarily representative of either the windiest month or location, results are uncertain and speeds probably will be somewhat larger than indicated. For the same percentiles, 1-km thick vertical wind shears have been estimated for altitudes between 30 and 70 km. Shears generally increase, and maximum values tend to move equatorward with altitude. (Author).
Download or read book A Note Comparing I KM Vertical Wind Shears Derived from Simultaneous AN GMD 1A and AN GMD 2 Winds aloft Observations written by H. A. Salmela and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Low level Wind Shear written by Julius Badner and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vertical Wind Shear in the Boundary Layer written by R. B. Pettitt and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology written by James R. Holton and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of what the atmosphere and oceans look like on the large-scale and why they look that way. The role of the oceans in climate and paleoclimate is also discussed. The combination of observations, theory and accompanying illustrative laboratory experiments sets this text apart by making it accessible to students with no prior training in meteorology or oceanography. * Written at a mathematical level that is appealing for undergraduates and beginning graduate students * Provides a useful educational tool through a combination of observations and laboratory demonstrations which can be viewed over the web * Contains instructions on how to reproduce the simple but informative laboratory experiments * Includes copious problems (with sample answers) to help students learn the material.
Download or read book The Influence of Vertical Wind Gradients on the Longitudinal Motion of Airplanes written by Joseph Gera and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study is an attempt to make an assessment of the influence of wind shear on the longitudinal motion of airplanes. It was assumed that the wind is completely horizontal and its speed varies linearly with altitude. It is shown quantitatively that both glide and climb performance are influenced by wind shear and that trimmed flight at constant airspeed, attitude, and with fixed controls is along a parabolic path relative to the ground. The problem of the landing approach in a wind shear is examined in some detail. Small disturbance theory indicates no wind-shear effect on the short-period motion and the time for the phugoid to damp to half amplitude but the phugoid frequency and damping ratio vary considerably with wind shear. A nondimensional quantity which depends on the wind shear and airspeed is shown to be a fundamental parameter influencing the longitudinal dynamic behavior of the airplane.
Download or read book Global Perspectives On Tropical Cyclones From Science To Mitigation written by Johnny C L Chan and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a completely rewritten, updated and expanded new edition of the original Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones published in 1995. It presents a comprehensive review of the state of science and forecasting of tropical cyclones together with the application of this science to disaster mitigation, hence the tag: From Science to Mitigation.Since the previous volume, enormous progress in understanding tropical cyclones has been achieved. These advances range from the theoretical through to ever more sophisticated computer modeling, all underpinned by a vast and growing range of observations from airborne, space and ocean observation platforms. The growth in observational capability is reflected by the inclusion of three new chapters on this topic. The chapter on the effects of climate change on tropical cyclone activity is also new, and appropriate given the recent intense debate on this issue. The advances in the understanding of tropical cyclones which have led to significant improvements in forecasting track, intensity, rainfall and storm surge, are reviewed in detail over three chapters. For the first time, a chapter on seasonal prediction is included. The book concludes with an important chapter on disaster mitigation, which is timely given the enormous loss of life in recent tropical cyclone disasters.World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate is indexed in SCOPUS.
Download or read book Environmental Hydraulics for Open Channel Flows written by Hubert Chanson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-10-14 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Hydraulics is a new text for students and professionals studying advanced topics in river and estuarine systems. The book contains the full range of subjects on open channel flows, including mixing and dispersion, Saint-Venant equations method of characteristics and interactions between flowing water and its surrondings (air entrainment, sediment transport).Following the approach of Hubert Chanson's highly successful undergraduate textbook Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow, the reader is guided step-by-step from the basic principles to more advanced practical applications. Each section of the book contains many revision exercises, problems and assignments to help the reader test their learning in practical situations.·Complete text on river and estuarine systems in a single volume·Step-by-step guide to practical applications·Many worked examples and exercises
Download or read book Vertical Wind Shear in the Lower Layers of the Atmosphere written by World Meteorological Organization and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Low Altitude Wind Shear and Its Hazard to Aviation written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1983-02-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vertical Wind Shear in the lower layers of the atmosphere written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Windspeed Profile Windshear and Gusts for Design of Guidance Systems for Vertical Rising Air Vehicles written by Norman Sissenwine and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vertical Wind Shear in the Lower Layers of the Atmosphere written by Organisation météorologique mondiale and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of the Impact of Vertical Wind Shear on Convection Initiation Using Large Eddy Simulations written by Luke Lebel and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The initiation of thunderstorms in environments characterized by strong wind shear presents a forecast challenge owing to the complexities of the interactions between growing cumulus clouds and wind shear. Thunderstorms that develop in such environments are often capable of producing high-impact hazards, highlighting the importance of convection initiation in sheared environments. Although recent research has greatly improved understanding of the structure and evolution of rising thermals in unsheared environments, there remains uncertainty in how wind shear influences the convection initiation process. Two large-eddy simulations (75-m horizontal grid spacing) were performed to study this problem. Convection initiation attempts are forced in the simulations through prescribed surface heat fluxes (the initial boundary layers are statistically horizontally homogeneous and quasi-steady-state, but contain turbulent eddies as a result of random initial temperature perturbations). The only difference between the two simulations is the presence or absence of wind shear above 2 km. Important differences in the entrainment patterns are present between sheared and unsheared growing cumulus clouds. As found in previous research, the toroidal circulation associated with rising thermals drives dynamic entrainment in the unsheared clouds. However, in sheared clouds, wake entrainment resulting from the tilting of environmental vorticity is the dominant dynamic entrainment pathway. This result has implications for both the structure of sheared growing cumulus clouds and for convection initiation in sheared environments.
Download or read book Pilot Windshear Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analysis and Specification of Slant Wind Shear written by H. Albert Brown and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wind data have been analyzed to produce frequencies of occurrence of slant wind shear with respect to surface wind speed, time of day, vertical temperature gradient and wind shear direction differences. Slant wind shear (SWS) is a measurement that more closely approximates the shear encountered by an aircraft on takeoff or landing. It is computed as the wind shear between a higher level wind (in this study, 60 m) and the surface separated by a horizontal distance equivalent to that which an aircraft would traverse in descending or ascending that height. Additional study was also completed on the specification of slant wind shear along the runway through the use of an offset towersurface site system.
