Mesoscale processes; scaling; observations and analysis; wave fundamentals; Lee waves and windstorms; orographically forced flows; orographic precipitation; differential heating; gravity currents and convective initiation; isolated convective storms; tornadoes; MCS -squall lines; heavy rainfall; internal structure of cyclones; rain bands - observations and theory; Hydrostatic approximation and nonhydrostatic dynamics, basics of mesoscalemodeling; mesoscale data assimilation; details of some community mesoscale models (MM5 and WRF), mesoscale simulation of intense convective events.
Text/Reference Books:
- Roger A Pielke : Mesoscale Meteorological Modelling, Academic Press
- B.W. Atkinson: Mesoscale Atmospheric Circulation, Academic Press
- P S Ray: Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasts, American Meteorological Society
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