ATMS 410 - Final Project

GRVT = GAVA + LTHAD + LAD + LDIA

Case study maps

1000 hPa maps at initial time

Geo. Ht and 10 meter Wind Speed [aqua contours; 5 m s^-1, s.f.=0]

500 hPa maps at all times (P1 - P8, every six hours)

Geostrophic Absolute Vorticity [4x10^-5 s^-1, s.f.=5]

1000-500 hPa Thickness [5120 & 5460 m contours only]

GAVA [shading, s.f.=9]

nearly LTHAD [shading, s.f.=13] {need to multiply values on these maps by " -g/f " to get LTHAD}

nearly LAD [shading, s.f.=13] {need to multiply values on these maps by " -g s /f " to get LAD}

700 hPa maps at all times (P1 - P8, every six hours)

fields related to LDIA (using 700 hPa vertical velocity) [5 m s^-1, s.f.=2]

shaded vertical velocity represents RISING motion

RH is 1000-700 layer-averaged value [10%, s.f.=0]

ASSUME that LDIA has the same sign ["+" or "-"] as diabatic heating

Email inquiries

noon, Thursday, November 18, 2021; deadline for inquiries

THAD = thickness (temperature) advection

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