1). As can be seen in this figure, the role of different time ranges and the societal importance of weather information shift as the time and space scales increase. It is likely that all areas of the world have a continuous range of meteorological and climatological forcing that must be ...
The climate is temperate in most areas, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semi-arid in the Great Plains west of the 100th meridian, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in Coastal California, and arid in the Great Basin. Extreme weather is not uncommon—the states ...
Yarnell Hill Fire;density current;diurnal heating;complex terrain;numerical modelling;Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model 1. Introduction On Friday, 28 June 2013, a lightning strike from nearby convection triggered a small bush fire in west central Yavapai County, Arizona, ...