Multi-scale predictability of high-impact stratospheric clear air turbulence events for air force platforms

Department of Defense - Proceedings of the HPCMP Users Group Conference 2007; High Performance Computing Modernization Program: A Bridge to Future Defense, DoD HPCMP UGC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-63

  Mahalov, Alex ^a   Moustaoui, Mohamed ^a   Nichols, Basil ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; BRIDGES; CLOUDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIXING; MODERNIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADAPTIVE GRIDS; AIR FORCE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONING; CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCE; COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FIELD DATA; GRID SPACINGS; GRIDDING; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MESO-SCALE; MICRO SCALES; MULTI SCALING; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; REAL-CASE SIMULATIONS; SHEAR LAYERS; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY; TURBULENT DYNAMICS; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 41149171044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HPCMP-UGC.2007.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. Joseph, B., A. Mahalov, B. Nicolaenko, and K.L. Tse, "High resolution DNS of jet stream generated tropopausal turbulence." Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, (10), 10.1029/2003GL017252, 2003.
2. Joseph, B., A. Mahalov, B. Nicolaenko, and K.L. Tse, "Variability of turbulence and its outer scales in a nonuniformly stratified tropopause jet." J. Atmos. Sci., 41, pp. 524-537, 2004.
3. Lane, T. P., J.D. Doyle, R. Plougonven, M.A. Shapiro and R.D. Sharman, "Observations and numerical simulations of inertia-gravity waves and shearing instabilities in the vicinity of a jet stream." J. Atmos. Sci., 61, pp. 2692-2706, 2004.
4. Mahalov, A., M. Moustaoui, and B. Nichols, "Characterization and forecasting of stratospheric Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) for Air Force Platforms." Proceedings, of the HPCMP Users Group Conference, IEEE, pp. 288-295, 2006.
5. Mahalov, A., B. Nicolaenko, K.-L. Tse and B. Joseph, "Eddy-mixing in jet-stream turbulence under stronger stratification." Geophys. Research Lett., vol. 23, pp. L23111-23115, 2004.
6. Skamarock W.C. and J.B. Klemp, "A time-split nonhydrostatic atmospheric model for weather research and forecasting applications." J. Comp. Phys., In press, 2007.
7. Tse, K.L., A. Mahalov, B. Nicolaenko, and H.J.S. Fernando, "Quasi-equilibrium dynamics of shear-stratified turbulence in a model tropospheric jet." J. Fluid. Mech., 496, pp. 73-103, 2003.
8. Wicker, L.J., and W.C. Skamarock, "Time Splitting Methods for Elastic Models Using Forward Time Schemes." Monthly Weather Review, 130, pp. 2088-2097, 2002.