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Rapid evolution of a jet streak circulation in a pre-convective environment (1986)

Kocin, P. J. ; Uccellini, L. W. ; Petersen, R. A.

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Meteorology and atmospheric physics 35 (1986), S. 103-138

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ISSN: 1436-5065

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Topics: Geography , Physics

Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wird eine Analyse von Jetstreaks der höheren und unteren Troposphäre und die damit verbundenen vertikalen Zirkulationen vor und während des Unwetters beim Red River Valley vom 10. April 1979 mit Hilfe der dreistündlichen SESAME-Daten vorgestellt. Die Arbeit betont die Transformation der Normalkomponente der indirekten Zirkulation im Endbereich eines Jetstreaks im oberen Niveau (ULJ). Hier verringert sich diese Komponente der ageostrophischen Strömung und kehrt ihre Richtung um, wobei der aufsteigende Ast sich von der Seite der zyklonalen Scherung auf eine Position bei der Achse des ULJ verschiebt. Diese änderung der vertikalen Zirkulation in 3 bis 6 Stunden scheint mit der vermehrten zyklonalen Krümmung, die mit dem Fortschreiten und der Verstärkung eines kurzwelligen in die zyklonale Strömung eingebetteten Troges verbunden ist, einherzugehen. Ein Jetstream im unteren Niveau (LLJ) entsteht zuerst im unteren Ast der indirekten Zirkulation über Texas und verstärkt sich später großteils aufgrund der Veränderung des kurzwelligen Troges. Das Fehlen einer entsprechenden Massendivergenz im oberen Niveau deutet jedenfalls darauf hin, daß Prozesse in der planetaren Grenzschicht (PBL) ebenfalls die Änderungen in der Montgomery Stromfunktion (ψm) beeinflussen, die einen wichtigen Beitrag für den Antrieb des LLJ darstellen. Die dreistündlichen Daten weisen ebenfalls darauf hin, daß unterschiedliche Advektionen, die mit Jetstreak-Zirkulationen verbunden sind und die Erwärmung in der Grenzschicht sich in kurzer Zeit deutlich ändern und unmittelbar vor konvektiven Ausbrüchen relativ kleine Gebiete destabilisieren können. Daher mag die Annahme, daß sich vorkonvektive Bedingungen in einem synoptischen Zeit-und Raumscale entwickeln (während nur das Freiwerden der konvektiven Instabilität im Mesoscale auftritt) nicht richtig sein.

Notes: Summary An analysis of upper- and lower-tropospheric jet streaks and their associated vertical circulations prior to and during the Red River Valley severe weather outbreak of 10 April 1979 is presented utilizing the three-hourly SESAME data sets. The paper emphasizes the transformation of a transverse indirect circulation within the exit region of an upper-level jet streak (ULJ) in which the cross-contour components of the upper-level ageostrophic flow diminish in magnitude and reverse direction as the circulation's ascending branch shifts from the cyclonic-shear side to a position along the axis of the ULJ. The change in character of the vertical circulation over a 3- to 6h period appears to be related to the increasing cyclonic curvature associated with the propagation and amplification of a short-wavelength trough embedded within cyclonic flow. A low-level jet (LLJ) forms initially within the lower branch of the indirect circulation across Texas and later intensifies, in large part, as a response to a propagating and amplifying short-wavelength trough. However, the lack of a corresponding increase of upperlevel mass divergence during this period points to the possibility also influence the low-level Montgomery streamfunction (ψm) tendencies that are a significant contributor to the forcing for the LLJ. The three-hourly data also indicate that differential advections associated with jet streak circulations and boundary layer heating can change markedly over very short periods of time and act to destabilize convectively relatively small regions immediately prior to convective outbreaks. The premise that pre-convective environments evolve over a synoptic time- and space-scale (while only the release of the convective instability occurs on the mesoscale) may, therefore, not be correct.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01026169

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An assessment of geosynchronous satellite soundings retrieved with the aid of asynoptic radiosonde profiles (1988)

Chesters, D. ; Keyser, D. A. ; Larko, D. E. ; [et al.]

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Meteorology and atmospheric physics 39 (1988), S. 85-96

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Notes: Summary Geosynchronous satellite soundings from the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) have difficulty resolving thermal variations in the troposphere associated with mesoscale dynamical processes. For example, VAS soundings retrieved during a late winter storm on 6 March 1982 scarcely resolved a mid-tropospheric cold pool and a low-level inversion which were captured by a special radiosonde network established as part of an Atmospheric Variability Experiment (AVE) in the south-central United States. In this paper, VAS radiances from the 6 March 1982 AVE/VAS case are re-processed using supplementary radiosonde soundings obtained at NWS radiosonde sites in the central United States to construct a local regression retrieval matrix. The re-processed VAS retrievals are compared to the original VAS retrievals and to an independent mesoscale radiosonde network located in north-central Texas. The re-processed VAS retrievals delineate the three-dimensional mesoscale temperature fields for this case with significantly improved accuracy, indicating that the poor resolution from the previous retrievals was not due to unexpected limitations in the satellite radiometer. More importantly, in order to obtain accurate upper-air temperature analyses over the United States at mesoscale resolution, the results from this case suggest that it may be necessary to develop a system which combines temperature and moisture profiles observed at selected sites in an asynoptic ground-based network (using either balloons or upward-looking microwave sensors) with infrared radiances observed at 30 km horizontal resolution from the geosynchronous sounder, using the VAS satellite data to fill in the gaps between the ground-based measurements.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01041934

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Wave disturbances associated with the red river valley severe weather outbreak of 10–11 April 1979 (1988)

Ferretti, R. ; Einaudi, F. ; Uccellini, L. W.

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Meteorology and atmospheric physics 39 (1988), S. 132-168

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Notes: Summary An analysis of mesoscale gravity wave events during the severe weather outbreak in the Red River Valley on 10–11 April 1979 is presented utilizing surface pressure data and the 3 h rawinsonde data from the AVE-SESAMEI special network. The unique data set provided by the SESAME field experiment makes it possible to relate the wavelike characteristics observed at the surface to the variability of the temperature, humidity, and wind fields over a deep tropospheric layer that act to initiate and sustain the waves over long distances and time periods. Three different wave events (A, B, and C) were identified via spectral analysis and cross-correlation techniques. They all have similar periods, approximately 3 h, but different phase velocities. All three wave events are generated and propagate in the exit region or anticyclonic side of upperlevel jet streaks. Convection and wind shear are shown to be unlikely contributors to the generation of event A, which is probably related to the development of a strong divergent field in association with an upper-tropospheric jet streak and to the ensuing mass adjustment process. Events B and C also appear in a region of strong ageostrophic motion associated with an upper-level jet streak. However, the low values of the Richardson number (Ri) at the critical levels of these two waves suggest vertical wind shear as a likely contributor to their generation and/or maintenance. A linear stability analysis confirms, with unprecedent spatial and temporal resolution, that a modal structure is present in the atmosphere whose characteristics are consistent with those of waves B and C. Three-hourly rawinsonde data show strong temporal and spatial variability throughout the troposphere in the wind, temperature, and humidity fields when the waves are present. Convective systems, as detected by radar, are closely linked to the waves, although not in a consistent manner: cells intensify or develop at the passage of a wave trough in event A, at the passage of a wave ridge in event C, and at the passage of a wave trough or ridge in event B, depending on the geographic location of the cells. For all three events, maximum rainfall recorded at the surface is associated with a wave ridge with a time lag of approximately 1 h.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01030294

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Contrasting the impact of dynamic data assimilation on the numerical simulations of cyclogenesis during GALEIOP 10 and IOP 1 (1991)

Manobianco, J. ; Uccellini, L. W. ; Brill, K. F. ; [et al.]

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Meteorology and atmospheric physics 45 (1991), S. 41-63

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Notes: Summary The nudging assimilation scheme described in the companion paper by Brill et al. is applied to study oceanic cyclogenesis during GALEIOP 10 on 27–28 February 1986. A 36-h control simulation statically initialized from 0000 UTC 27 February 1986 data moves the cyclone too far north and east in the 12-h period of most rapid deepening limiting the usefulness of the simulation for diagnostic study. The use of nudging to dynamically assimilate special 3-h and routine 12-h rawindsonde and dropsonde data into the model during the entire 36-h forecast period failed to deepen the cyclone as it moved northeast off the Atlantic seaboard beyond the area covered 3-h by sounding data. Subjectively analyzed mean sea-level pressures (MSLP) were included in the data base to allow the model to nudge toward 3-h surface pressure analyses extended to cover the region of cyclogenesis over the ocean. The assimilation of 3-h surface data over the ocean is insufficient to produce a realistic simulation of cyclogenesis. This result motivated the use of the nudging technique to assimilate surface pressure and upper air data over land during the 12-h pre-cyclogenetic period (i.e. dynamic initialization) and compare the subsequent 24-h simulation with one initialized statically at the same synoptic time. Dynamic initialization produced the best simulation of the occanic cyclone based upon the standard statistical scores and positions of the MSLP minima. This simulation is used to diagnose differences between cyclogenesis during GALEIOP 1 and IOP 10. Isentropic analyses and vertical cross sections are derived from the model simulations and are used to contrast the strength of the upper tropospheric forcing and the low-level static stability associated with each case. The results of the diagnostic analyses reveal that stronger surface response (based upon MSLP minima) to weaker upper-level forcing during GALEIOP 10 (compared with GALEIOP 1) was associated with differences in the lower tropospheric static stability and thermal advection patterns and their interaction with upper tropospheric features.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01027474

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The use of successive dynamic initialization by nudging to simulate cyclogenesis during GALE IOP 1 (1991)

Brill, K. F. ; Uccellini, L. W. ; Manobianco, J. ; [et al.]

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Meteorology and atmospheric physics 45 (1991), S. 15-40

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Notes: Summary Synoptic/diagnostic case studies have increasingly come to rely on numerical simulations started from some initial state after which the model generated fields receive no further information from observed data. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the use of a dynamic data assimilation technique based on nudging to create a dynamically consistent high-resolution four-dimensional data set that can be used for synoptic diagnostic studies. The nudging technique is applied in the Goddard Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation System (GMASS) using the 3-h radiosonde data collected during GALE IOP 1. A unique aspect of this application is nudging toward data analyses for which the areal coverage shifts with time. One of the two nudging simulations assimilates surface pressure in addition to the temperature, mixing ratio, and wind components. The nudging values are determined by linear interpolation between 3-h observation times. Assuming a linear variation of the assimilated value in time leads to estimates of the nudging coefficients which take into account the accuracy of the observations. Both nudging simulations are more accurate in terms of S hand root-mean-square error (RMSE) scores than a control sunulation without successive initialization. The nudging simulation with surface pressure is more accurate than the nudging simulation without surface pressure assimilation for this case. The simulation with surface pressure nudging captures the surface cyclogenesis and the associated strong rise-fall couplet in the 500 hPa height field. It also exhibits the strongest ageostrophic flow and exit region vertical circulation associated with a jet streak on the western side of the intensifying upper-level trough. The data sets made possible by the dynamic assimilation/ simulation cycles are dynamically consistent, have high spatial and temporal resolution and are ideally suited for diagnostic studies. Examples presented include the evolution of the ageostrophic flow associated with the exit region of an upper-level jet propagating toward the base of an intensifying trough with increasing cyclonic curvature of the flow. The nudging simulation with surface pressure provides the resolution and accuracy required to depict the rapid transformation (within a 12-h period) of the exit region ageostrophic flow from predominantly cross contour to along contour as the jet streak approaches the base of the trough.

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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01027473

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