1. The Orinoco low-level jet
Open Access
- Author:
- Jimenez Sanchez, Jorge Giovanni
- Title:
- The Orinoco low-level jet
- Graduate Program:
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
- Keywords:
- Low-level jet
Orinoco River
Llanos Savannas
Dynamical downscaling
WRF
Colombia
Venezuela
Momentum balance
sea breeze
Unare depression
Katabatic flow
Bora
gravity current
density current
downslope flow
expansion fan
point wakes
supercritical channel flow
turbulent diffusivity
Planetary Boundary Layer
PBL
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
ABL
LLJ
OLLJ
Blackadar mechanism
Holton mechanism
inertial oscillation
topographic thermal forcing
Orinoco low-level jet
Llanos low-level jet
Llanos
Tropics
Tropical meteorology
Mesoscale meteorology
bore
Guiana Highlands
Eastern Cordillera
Andes
Coastal Cordillera
Merida Cordillera
Guanipa Mesa
Macarena mountain range
Colombian Air Force
Fuerza Aerea Colombiana
low-level wind shear
aviation
boundary layer
Austral summer - File:
- Download OLLJ_Dissertation_Jorge_Jimenez.pdf
- Committee Members:
- Paul Markowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Outside Member