A Numerical Study of the Pressure Response to Liquid-water Drag in a Three-dimensional Convective SystemUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972 - 136 pages |
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anelastic balance equation azimuth B-scan beam width bottom panel boundary conditions boundary values Boussinesq approximation cells cm/sec² coarse mesh contour level deep convection density diagnostic equation Dirichelet discussed in section distribution drag force drag term East-West echo intensities equation for pressure equation of motion Figure 4-1 bottom Figure 4-1 top figure is North finite difference forcing function gm/m³ grams of liquid graupel hydrostatic hydrostatic balance indicated lapse rates line labeled AA liquid water liquid-water content liquid-water drag mathematical miles in altitude nautical miles nonhomogeneous North-South panel of Figure partial differential equation pressure buoyancy force pressure field pressure forces pressure gradient force radar antenna radar beam radar data Rayleigh scattering reference reflectivity factor residual S₂ scale height shading slabs Solid and dashed specified tolerance subscript temperature thermal buoyancy three-dimensional top panel tropopause updraft variables vertical accelerations Wilk and Kessler zero др