A case study of the Great Plains low-level jet using wind profiler network data and a high resolution mesoscale model

Conference · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0785:ACSOTG>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:263571

Zhong, S; Fast, J D; Bian, X; Stage, S ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States); and others

The Great Plains low-level jet (LLJ) has important effects on the life cycle of clouds and on radiative and surface heat and moisture fluxes at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) site. This diurnal phenomenon governs the transport and convergence of low-level moisture into the region and often leads to the development of clouds and precipitation. A full understanding of the life cycle of clouds at the SGP CART site and their proper representation in single column and global climate models cannot be obtained without an improved understanding of this important phenomenon.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States). Environmental Sciences Div.
• OSTI ID: 263571
• Report Number(s): CONF-9503140-; ON: DE96010942; TRN: 96:003652-0076
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 5; Conference: 5. atmospheric radiation measurement (ARM) science team meeting, San Diego, CA (United States), 19-23 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the fifth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) science team meeting; PB: 421 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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