Abstract
dc:descriptionThe main objective of this study is to explore the dynamics of storm tracks in the context of a three-layer hemispheric linear-balanced model. We establish first how the instability properties of the relevant background circulation might be related to the observed storm tracks. We examine next how the topography could influence the local cyclogenesis. Finally, we investigate how the model storm tracks are organized in a nonlinear model simulation. We focus on the behavior of the synoptic-scale disturbances in the 1982-83 boreal winter, a season with a strong El Nino event and a pronounced zonally asymmetric mean state in the extratropical atmosphere.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Atmospheric Science
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lee, Woo-Jin
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Mak, Mankin
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1994 Lee, Woo-Jin
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9512456
(UMI)AAI9512456 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19647