Recent applications of the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model to synoptic, mesoscale, and climate studies

Abstract

This paper summarizes recent studies of a variety of atmospheric phenomena in different parts of the world using the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model. These phenomena include explosive cyclogenesis over the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans, cyclogenesis over Europe and associated ozone transport during the ALPEX experiment, heavy rainfall and flash flood events over Pennsylvania and China, "Plateau' and "Southwest' vortices over China, severe storms over the United States, mesoscale convective complexes, elevated mixed layers and "lids', an Australian Southerly Buster, low-level damming of cold air to the east of the United States Appalachian Mountains in winter, urban heat island effects, and regional acid deposition. -from Authors