Thermal Structure of the Dryline: A Case Study
Abstract
The dryline is a phenomenon of the southern Great Plains region where thunderstorms are known to develop. The dryline occurs when maritime tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico encounters continental tropical air flowing off the Rockies producing a discontinuity in moisture. The purpose of this study is to examine the thermal structure of the dryline on the meso-scale. This was done by plotting and analyzing isobaric charts of temperature, dew-point depression, potential temperature, mixing ratio, and moist-static energy, and from these, constructing cross sections through the dryline, which were then analyzed.
Description
Program year: 1976/1977Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Subject
Great Plains regiondryline
thermal structure
meso-scale
isobaric charts
temperature
dew-point depression
potential temperature
mixing ratio
moist-static energy
Citation
Marshment, Roberta A. (1977). Thermal Structure of the Dryline: A Case Study. University Undergraduate Fellow. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -CasanovaC _1982.