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A case study of frontal behaviour using a 10‐level primitive equation model
Author(s) -
Benwell G. R. R.,
Bushby F. H.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709640811
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , radar , scale (ratio) , meteorology , precipitation , motion (physics) , isentropic process , climatology , geology , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , computer science , physics , geography , mechanics , classical mechanics , cartography , telecommunications
The predicted air motion and precipitation patterns obtained from a 10‐level primitive equation model of the atmosphere are presented for comparison with the observed patterns analysed by isentropic and Doppler radar techniques for the same occasion by Browning and Harrold (1969). There is considerable agreement over the scales of motion which it is possible to predict using the model though it is possible that further refinement in the handling of friction and topography and of the cloud physics can improve the predicted overall large‐scale distribution of rainfall.