The sensitivity of stratiform midlatitude orographic precipitation to global mean temperature is in-vestigated through numerical simulations. As a step toward understanding the relative influence of ther-modynamic and dynamical processes on orographic precipitation, simple idealizations of Earth’s major north–south mountain chains are considered. The individual terrain elements occupy four islands equally spaced around the Northern Hemisphere of a planet otherwise covered by ocean. Although these mountains have very little influence on the sensitivity of the zonally averaged precipitation to changes in global mean surface temperature, the precipitation on the windward slopes of the ridges is highly sensitive to such changes. When the ridges...
Change to precipitation in a warming climate holds many implications for water management into the f...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-08In this thesis, coupled and atmosphere-only global ...
Currently, major efforts are under way to refine the horizontal resolution of weather and climate mo...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2013The possible change in orographic precipitation in ...
Mountains play a vital role in shaping regional and global climate, altering atmospheric circulation...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015This thesis examines various mechanisms controlling th...
Idealized, convection-resolving simulations of moist orographic flows are conducted to investig...
Microphysical parameterizations (MPs) approximate the very small-scale behavior associated with clou...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2019In mountainous areas in the midlatitudes, the major...
© 2013 Dr. Campbell D. WatsonThis thesis explores the dynamics and sensitivities of orographic preci...
Westerly disturbances are the primary climatic influence within High Mountain Asia during winter, pr...
This study examines how variations to the nondimensional mountain height Ĥ and the horizontal aspect...
When midlatitude baroclinic systems move over a mountain range, the precipitation from the system in...
Idealised convection-permitting simulations are used to quantify the impact of embedded convection o...
A numerical global circulation model developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research was u...
Change to precipitation in a warming climate holds many implications for water management into the f...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-08In this thesis, coupled and atmosphere-only global ...
Currently, major efforts are under way to refine the horizontal resolution of weather and climate mo...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2013The possible change in orographic precipitation in ...
Mountains play a vital role in shaping regional and global climate, altering atmospheric circulation...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2015This thesis examines various mechanisms controlling th...
Idealized, convection-resolving simulations of moist orographic flows are conducted to investig...
Microphysical parameterizations (MPs) approximate the very small-scale behavior associated with clou...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2019In mountainous areas in the midlatitudes, the major...
© 2013 Dr. Campbell D. WatsonThis thesis explores the dynamics and sensitivities of orographic preci...
Westerly disturbances are the primary climatic influence within High Mountain Asia during winter, pr...
This study examines how variations to the nondimensional mountain height Ĥ and the horizontal aspect...
When midlatitude baroclinic systems move over a mountain range, the precipitation from the system in...
Idealised convection-permitting simulations are used to quantify the impact of embedded convection o...
A numerical global circulation model developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research was u...
Change to precipitation in a warming climate holds many implications for water management into the f...
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-08In this thesis, coupled and atmosphere-only global ...
Currently, major efforts are under way to refine the horizontal resolution of weather and climate mo...