Questions tagged [synoptic]
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Forced shallow-water equation with diabatic heating as the source term
How to obtain the divergence of velocity field $\left(\nabla.\mathbf{u}\right)$ with ${Q}$ (something proportional to the diabatic heating rate) as the source term from the thermodynamic equation?
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Weather produced by symmetric cold core cyclones
I know that, although rare, there are symmetric cold core cyclones (with a few of them even having a shallow cold core). They encompass some occluded extratropical cyclones, some dissipating tropical ...
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Physics based circulation models
How useful are physics based models when considering circulations at synoptic scales? Are they useful? Can we not make predictions, observe trends based on data alone? I am studying A.E.Gill's model ...
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Characteristics of saddle points in stream line charts
I am trying to locate saddle points or commonly known as "col" in synoptic meteorology. This is "z" in the following figure.
References
Here are some of the references regarding this.
a). http://www....
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Numerical methods for solving shallow-water equations with a source
What are the numerical methods used for solving shallow water equations (PDEs) with a mass source, at the synoptic scales of the atmosphere, if I have a finite east-west boundary (may be periodic wave ...
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Modification of an air mass
If an air mass that exists in North America starts moving south west or south east what kind of modification will affect it and how would you characterize it in it's final state?
My answer is that it ...
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