Investigation of Interactions Among Terrain Drag, Ageostrophic Frontogenesis, Mesoscale Cyclogenesis and Drylines

几十年来，人们已经认识到地形对冬季风暴的影响。 已经确定，重大地形影响当地天气，当前的数值模型通常不能准确预测受当地地形影响的极端天气现象。 主要研究人员将利用两个已完成的实地项目（大西洋低气压实验和风暴规模的起源、业务和研究气象学锋面实验、系统测试）收集的数据，对沿美国东海岸和美国大陆的锋面及相关中尺度天气系统的结构和演化进行数值和观测研究。 当天气尺度气流受到阿巴拉契亚山脉阻碍时，将特别关注东海岸的中尺度快速锋生和随后的中尺度气旋发生。 将强调天气尺度流动模式与由此产生的中尺度天气之间的尺度相互作用的记录。

The impact of orography on winter storms has been recognized for several decades. It has been established that terrain of significant relief impacts local weather and current numerical models often do not accurately forecast extreme weather phenomena that are influenced by the local terrain. Using data collected from two already completed field programs (Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment and the Stormscale, Operational and Research Meteorology-Fronts Experiment, Systems Test), the Principal Investigators will conduct numerical and observational studies of the structure and evolution of fronts and associated mesoscale weather systems along the East Coast and the continental United States. Particular attention will be paid to mesoscale rapid frontogenesis and subsequent mesoscale cyclogenesis over the East Coast when synoptic-scale flow is impeded by the Appalachian Mountains. Documentation of scale interactions between the synoptic-scale flow patterns and resulting mesoscale weather will be emphasized.