Isentropic Analysis Workshop

4/12/2003

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Isentropic Analysis Workshop

Theta as a Vertical Coordinate

Theta as a Vertical Coordinate

Isentropic Analysis: Advantages

Advection of Moisture on an Isentropic Surface

Isentropic Analysis: Advantages

Isentropes near Frontal Zones

Choosing the “Right” Isentropic Surface(s)

Choosing the “Right” Isentropic Surface(s)

Isentropic Moisture Parameters

Isentropic Moisture Parameters

Isentropic Analysis: Disadvantages

Neutral-Superadiabatic Lapse Rates

Vertical Resolution is a Function of Static Stability

Radiational Heating/Cooling Disrupts the Continuity of Isentropic Surfaces

Understanding System-Relative Motion

Isentropic System-Relative Vertical Motion

Three-Dimensional Isentropic Topography

Thermal Wind Relationship in Isentropic Coordinates

Thermal Wind Relationship in Isentropic Coordinates

Isentropic Mean Meridional Cross Section

11 March 2000 Case Study

Storm Total Snowfall 11 March 2000

Infrared Satellite LoopValid 0015-0315 UTC; 0715-2315 UTC

Water Vapor Satellite LoopValid 0015-0315 UTC; 0715-2315 UTC

0000 UTC 11 March 2000 Surface Analysis

0600 UTC 11 March 2000 Surface Analysis

1200 UTC 11 March 2000 Surface Analysis

1800 UTC 11 March 2000 Surface Analysis

Author: Jim Moore

Email: moore@eas.slu.edu

Home Page: www.eas.slu.edu/CIPS/index.html

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