HR: 18:05h
AN: NG54A-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Turbulent scaling in the atmosphere and its meteorological implications
AU: * Castro, J J
EM: jjcastro@fis.cinvestav.mx
AF: Cinvestav, Physics Dept., Av.IPN 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, DF 07360, Mexico
AU: Fuentes, J D
EM: jf6s@virginia.edu
AF: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA , United States
AU: Carsteanu, A A
AF: Cinvestav, Mathematics Dept., Av.IPN 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, DF 07360, Mexico
AB: We present an evaluation of the predictive capability of the structure function of turbulent velocity fluctuations in the lower atmospheric boundary layer in terms of the occurrence of a convective storm at the location of estimation, in a tropical climate. The importance of the same-day predictive capability of the structure of turbulence relies on the fact that, during the rainy season, tropical storms develop in a matter of less than an hour. Results from data obtained during the TRMM-LBA project at a site in Rondonia, Brazil, are being presented, and an explanatory hypothesis is being formulated.
DE: 4490 Turbulence (3379, 4568, 7863)
SC: Nonlinear Geophysics [NG]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly