Department of Mathematics
David J Muraki
Asymmetry of Atmospheric Weather Systems
The fundamental reasons for why low pressure weather systems
are characteristically more intense than highs over North America is
still not fully understood. David Muraki and atmospheric scientists,
Gregory Hakim (University of Washington, Seattle WA) and Chris Snyder
(National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO), are
investigating this asymmetry using a new type of idealized fluid
dynamical model for the atmosphere. In this plot of potential
temperature, the model is seen to successfully capture low pressure
cyclones as compact, intense red ovals and high pressure
anticyclones as broader, diffuse blue patches.
pdf files:
fig1c.pdf
sqg_pdf.pdf - the paper