Meteorology

Meteorology

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large eddy simulation (LES)

Weather; Meteorology

1. A three-dimensional numerical simulation of turbulent flow in which large eddies (with scales smaller than the overall dimension of the problem in question) are resolved and the effects of ...

jet axis

Weather; Meteorology

The axis of maximum wind speed in a jet stream.

jet stream core

Weather; Meteorology

The region of a jet stream axis with the greatest winds.

jet stream axis

Weather; Meteorology

The axis of maximum wind speed in a jet stream.

A pressure trough formed on the lee side of a mountain range in situations where the wind is blowing with a substantial component across the mountain ridge; often seen on United States weather maps ...

lee trough

Weather; Meteorology

kalman filter

Weather; Meteorology

A four-dimensional data assimilation method that provides an estimate of the model state by evolving explicitly the error covariance of the state estimate. Variants of the Kalman filter algorithm are ...