"This study examines atmospheric boundary layer over and around the Gulf of Mexico during return flow events. The locations investigated are on both the Texas coast and the Florida coast. Moreover, several inland stations such as Jackson (JAN), Mississippi and Shelby Co Airport (BMX), Alabama are added to the analyses to make some comparisons. In addition to examining the boundary layer structure of these coastal and inland stations, an attempt is made to investigate thermadynamic structure on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Mexico in terms of both synoptic analysis and model applications. Return flow events of the Gulf of Mexico are mainly examined by using a three dimensional Air Mass Transformation (AMT) model and a one-dimensional Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) model. The models are intende for short-range weather forecasts of the temperature profiles in the lower atmosphere and the structure of the boundary layer"--Abstract. / Typescript. / "1996." / "Submitted to the Department of Meteorology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Paul H. Ruscher, Professor Directing Thesis. / Includes bibliographical references.

An analytical two-layer model consisting of a time-dependent stratified boundary layer topped by stratified free flow is developed in order to study atmospheric boundary layer production of vertical motion. To avoid use of a constant eddy viscosity, the boundary layer equations are layer-integrated over a fixed depth, and surface stress is parameterized using a linearized drag law. For flows driven by periodic, differential surface heating, it is found that the influence of accelerations, stratification, and friction are to concentrate the maximum convergence near a preferred latitude. The preferred horizontal length scale for boundary layer production of vertical motion increases with boundary layer stratification and decreases with distance from the preferred latitude. / Graduation date: 1980

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-207).

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Kenneth L. Davidson, Peter Guest. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45). Also available online.

Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy in Meteorology)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Qing Wang. Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-119). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003. / Dissertation supervisor: Qing Wang. Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-145). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Kenneth Davidson, Douglas Miller. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60). Also available online.

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