Dylan Reif- Mar 31

Name:     Dylan Reif Title:    Initiation mechanisms of nocturnal convection without nearby surface boundaries Location: Online Date:     2020/03/31 Time:     02:00 PM Series:   Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, and Land-Surface Processes Abstract: Nocturnal convection is common over the central and southern great plains. Nearly 25% of this convection initiates without any apparent surface convergence

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March 31, 2020 - 2:00 pm

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March 31, 2020 - 3:00 pm

Name:     Dylan Reif
Title:    Initiation mechanisms of nocturnal convection without nearby surface boundaries
Location: Online
Date:     2020/03/31
Time:     02:00 PM
Series:   Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, and Land-Surface Processes
Abstract: Nocturnal convection is common over the central and southern great plains. Nearly 25% of this convection initiates without any apparent surface convergence (i.e., far away from surface boundaries) and no clear feature is responsible for the initiation of this convection. In a 20-year climatology of nocturnal convection initiation, four common features are likely responsible for this convection: the nocturnal low-level jet, atmospheric gravity waves, potential vorticity anomalies, and quasi-geostrophic-aided ascent. These four features are not common to all events. In most cases only one feature might facilitate nocturnal CI, in some cases, two or more features might be present and, in some cases, a different feature might be responsible for CI. Three of these features will be replicated using cloud model 1 (CM1) to see the effect that the feature has on a typical nocturnal environment and a PV inversion technique will be used to analyze the effect of PV anomalies on the nocturnal environment. This nocturnal environment is based on the 20-year climatology of these events. The vertical velocity and net vertical displacement of air parcels will be analyzed for a set of nine different nocturnal environments. If time permits, these features can be combined to see what effect how the superposition of two or more features can impact nocturnal CI.
RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE: https://youtu.be/usfVYOtpXRc
Questions can be directed to the speaker at dylanreif@ou.edu