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Detection of synoptic‐scale vertical velocities using an MST radar
Author(s) -
Nastrom G. D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl011i001p00057
Subject(s) - geology , radar , geostrophic wind , synoptic scale meteorology , geodesy , vertical velocity , scale (ratio) , adiabatic process , meteorology , climatology , remote sensing , physics , mechanics , geography , cartography , telecommunications , computer science , thermodynamics
Comparisons of the time‐averaged vertical velocity observations from the Platteville, CO, MST radar with synoptic‐scale vertical velocities computed by the adiabatic and quasi‐geostrophic omega equation methods are made for several case studies. These first results show that an MST radar can detect synoptic‐scale vertical velocities and that at Platteville the most favorable comparison occurs when the synoptic‐scale vertical velocity is large and the temporal variance of the MST radar data is small.
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