A comparison of four non-divergent wind fields
By: Richard Brian Brodehl
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Description: This paper is concerned with the comparison of four different non-divergent wind fields obtained from a single geopotential height field over a dense data area. After developing the divergence equation of the non-divergent stream function, four different stream functions are obtained by modification and/or deletion from the basic equation. Isotach patterns for each stream function are computed. A comparison of the four stream function patterns and their corresponding isotach patterns is made. Two of the stream functions are used to obtain the non-divergent wind field for the intitial wind conditions in a primitive equation model developed by Krishnamurti. Two 36-hour forecasts are made. A comparison of the firecasts is made at three-hour intervals up to 24 hours and at 36 hours. Both forecasts are compared to the reported winds at 12-hour intervals.
Notes: Thesis Advisor(s): Krishnamurti, T. N.

"September 1967."

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Thesis (M.S. in Meteorology)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1967.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 24)

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