Through Turbulent Terrain
Author : Wei Leng Loh
Publisher :
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Malaya
ISBN : 9789679948660
Author : Wei Leng Loh
Publisher :
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Malaya
ISBN : 9789679948660
Author : John Kerl
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 43,9 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Art, Canadian
ISBN :
Author : Miguel A. C. Teixeira
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 2016-11-09
Category :
ISBN : 2889450163
Mountainous regions occupy a significant fraction of the Earth's continents and are characterized by specific meteorological phenomena operating on a wide range of scales. Being a home to large human populations, the impact of mountains on weather and hydrology has significant practical consequences. Mountains modulate the climate and create micro-climates, induce different types of thermally and dynamically driven circulations, generate atmospheric waves of various scales (known as mountain waves), and affect the boundary layer characteristics and the dispersion of pollutants. At the local scale, strong downslope winds linked with mountain waves (such as the Foehn and Bora) can cause severe damage. Mountain wave breaking in the high atmosphere is a source of Clear Air Turbulence, and lee wave rotors are a major near-surface aviation hazard. Mountains also act to block strongly stratified air layers, leading to the formation of valley cold air-pools (with implications for road safety, pollution, crop damage, etc.) and gap flows. Presently, neither the fine-scale structure of orographic precipitation nor the initiation of deep convection by mountainous terrain can be resolved adequately by regional-to global-scale models, requiring appropriate downscaling or parameterization. Additionally, the shortest mountain waves need to be parameterized in global weather and climate prediction models, because they exert a drag on the atmosphere. This drag not only decelerates the global atmospheric circulation, but also affects temperatures in the polar stratosphere, which control ozone depletion. It is likely that both mountain wave drag and orographic precipitation lead to non-trivial feedbacks in climate change scenarios. Measurement campaigns such as MAP, T-REX, Materhorn, COLPEX and i-Box provided a wealth of mountain meteorology field data, which is only starting to be explored. Recent advances in computing power allow numerical simulations of unprecedented resolution, e.g. LES modelling of rotors, mountain wave turbulence, and boundary layers in mountainous regions. This will lead to important advances in understanding these phenomena, as well as mixing and pollutant dispersion over complex terrain, or the onset and breakdown of cold air pools. On the other hand, recent analyses of global circulation biases point towards missing drag, especially in the southern hemisphere, which may be due to processes currently neglected in parameterizations. A better understanding of flow over orography is also crucial for a better management of wind power and a more effective use of data assimilation over complex terrain. This Research Topic includes contributions that aim to shed light on a number of these issues, using theory, numerical modelling, field measurements, and laboratory experiments.
Author : Fotini K. Chow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 33,25 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400740980
This book provides readers with a broad understanding of the fundamental principles driving atmospheric flow over complex terrain and provides historical context for recent developments and future direction for researchers and forecasters. The topics in this book are expanded from those presented at the Mountain Weather Workshop, which took place in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, August 5-8, 2008. The inspiration for the workshop came from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Mountain Meteorology Committee and was designed to bridge the gap between the research and forecasting communities by providing a forum for extended discussion and joint education. For academic researchers, this book provides some insight into issues important to the forecasting community. For the forecasting community, this book provides training on fundamentals of atmospheric processes over mountainous regions, which are notoriously difficult to predict. The book also helps to provide a better understanding of current research and forecast challenges, including the latest contributions and advancements to the field. The book begins with an overview of mountain weather and forecasting chal- lenges specific to complex terrain, followed by chapters that focus on diurnal mountain/valley flows that develop under calm conditions and dynamically-driven winds under strong forcing. The focus then shifts to other phenomena specific to mountain regions: Alpine foehn, boundary layer and air quality issues, orographic precipitation processes, and microphysics parameterizations. Having covered the major physical processes, the book shifts to observation and modelling techniques used in mountain regions, including model configuration and parameterizations such as turbulence, and model applications in operational forecasting. The book concludes with a discussion of the current state of research and forecasting in complex terrain, including a vision of how to bridge the gap in the future.
Author : Jack E. Cermak
Publisher :
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Wind power
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 35,98 MB
Release :
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Igor Rogachevskii
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 15,28 MB
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 1316518604
Introducing key concepts in turbulent transport with an overview of analytical and statistical tools to advanced graduates and researchers.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN :
Author : Yarma Velázquez Vargas
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
Release : 2010-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1443823015
This study uses critical discourse analysis to conduct an examination of the reality television program Queer Eye. The goal is to help understand the manner in which the representations of queer culture in the show reinforce the binaries of sex, gender and sexuality. By investigating the evolution of Queer Eye this study provides insights into American popular culture’s understanding and depiction of sexual difference and evidences the strong link between these representations and the commercial interests of the producers. In the show Queer Eye, the male guests sell access to their lives for a makeover and in the process they are indoctrinated into new patterns of consumption. The identity of both the five main characters and the guest character is represented as a reflection of their aesthetic choices, and audiences are exposed to numerous product placements and advertising messages. In encouraging materialism, the show transforms the term queer into a commodity sign and redefines masculinity as represented through wealth and accumulation. Moreover, consistent with the stereotypical representation of gay males in American culture the queerness of the Fab is depicted as asexual and a form of aestheticism.