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Numerical studies on the orographic effects on easterly cold surges in Southern China.

by Lee Kwok Lun. / Title also in Chinese characters. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-147). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / ABSTRACT --- p.iv / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- WINTER MONSOON IN EAST ASIA / Chapter 1.2 --- THE SURGES AND THE EFFECTS ON LOCAL WEATHER / Chapter 1.3 --- PREDICTION OF WINTER MONSOON SURGES / Chapter 1.4 --- COASTAL FEATURES AT OTHER PLACES / Chapter 1.5 --- OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- THE NUMERICAL MODEL --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1 --- THE GOVERNING EQUATIONS / Chapter 2.1.1 --- INDEPENDENT VARIABLES / Chapter 2.1.2 --- DEPENDENT VARIABLES / Chapter 2.1.3 --- THE COMPLETE SET OF MODEL EQUATIONS / Chapter 2.2 --- MODEL DOMAIN AND GRID STRUCTURE / Chapter 2.3 --- SPATIAL FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEMES / Chapter 2.3.1 --- ADVECTION TERMS / Chapter 2.3.2 --- DIFFUSION TERM / Chapter 2.3.3 --- PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE TERM / Chapter 2.3.4 --- INTEGRATION OF HYDROSTATIC EQUATION / Chapter 2.4 --- TIME INTEGRATION SCHEME / Chapter 2.5 --- LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS / Chapter 2.6 --- PARAMETERIZATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES / Chapter 2.6.1 --- PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER PHYSICS / Chapter 2.6.2 --- EVALUATION OF DIABATIC HEATING / Chapter 2.7 --- INITIALIZATION / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- SIMULATIONS OF ACTUAL EASTERLY COLD SURGE EVENTS --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- CHOICE OF MODEL DOMAIN / Chapter 3.2 --- INITIAL AND LATERAL BOUNDARY DATA / Chapter 3.3 --- THE ACTUAL EVENTS / Chapter 3.3.1 --- CASE STUDY1A / Chapter 3.3.1.1 --- Synoptic Environment During the Event / Chapter 3.3.1.2 --- The Simulation of the Actual Event / Chapter 3.3.1.3 --- Diagnosis of the Simulation Results / Chapter 3.3.2 --- CASE STUDY2A / Chapter 3.3.3. --- CASE STUDY3A / Chapter 3.4 --- SUMMARY / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS ON THE EASTERLY COLD SURGE --- p.77 / Chapter 4.1 --- THE NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS / Chapter 4.2 --- NO TERRAIN EXPERIMENTS / Chapter 4.3 --- EFFECTS OF TAIWAN ISLAND / Chapter 4.4 --- IDEAL COASTAL RANGE EXPERIMENTS / Chapter 4.5 --- SUMMARY / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION OF THE FORMATION OF THE COASTAL NARROW RIDGE --- p.96 / Chapter 5.1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 5.2 --- THE KELVIN WAVE MODEL / Chapter 5.3 --- COMPARISON OF COASTAL PHENOMENA AT OTHER PLACES / Chapter 5.3.1 --- THE AUSTRALIA CASE / Chapter 5.3.2 --- THE NORTH AMERICA CASE / Chapter 5.4 --- THE SOUTHEAST CHINA COASTAL RIDGE / Chapter 5.5 --- OTHER MECHANISMS BESIDES OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.109 / APPENDIX A DERIVATION OF GOVERNING EQUATIONS --- p.112 / APPENDIX B HORIZONTAL SMOOTHING AND HORIZONTAL DIFFUSION --- p.120 / APPENDIX C DIAGNOSTIC VARIABLES --- p.122 / APPENDIX D EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL KELVIN WAVES --- p.125 / APPENDIX E FORTRAN SOURCE CODE OF THE NUMERICAL MODEL --- p.129 / REFERENCES --- p.147

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_319180
Date January 1993
ContributorsLee, Kwok Lun., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iv, 147 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Southeast, China, Southeast, China, Southeast, China, Southeast
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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