Thomas B McKee
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Pub. Date
1983.
Description
Work with solar radiation reaching the earth's surface frequently requires a knowledge of the extraterrestrial solar radiation. A method of calculating extraterrestrial solar radiation over various time scales (i.e. instantaneous, hourly, daily, etc.) with known errors is detailed.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 526
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1993.
Description
Wind profiler data collected during FIRE-II, in November 1991, provided an opportunity for detailed observation of the passage of a warm front over Parsons, KS. Surface data, rawinsonde data and satellite observations were used to collaborate and understand the phenomena detected by the wind profiler.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 375
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1983.
Description
A climatological analysis of regionally potentially bad air quality days near Denver and Grand Junction, Colorado has been prepared. These bad air quality days are defined as days which have a small volume of atmosphere available for the dilution of contaminants released within the region.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 534
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1993.
Description
The evoluation of low-level flow upstream of the Continental Divide (Rocky Mountains) from being blocked, i.e. unable to surmount the barrier, to becoming unblocked and blocked again is studied observationally and numerically.
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1981.
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A dry, two-dimensional version of the Colorado State University Multi-Dimensional Cloud/Mesoscale Model was used to simulate the cross-valley dynamic and thermodynamic structure in deep mountain valleys during the morning transition period when the nocturnal inversion is destroyed.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 536
Pub. Date
1993.
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Surface measurements of upwelling and downwelling, longwave and shortwave fluxes were made at two sites in western Colorado during January and February 1992, to determine the radiative effects on maintaining or destroying stable layers.
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Climatology report volume 84-4
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1984.
Description
Isohyetal maps of average annual precipitation have long been and continue to be a backbone and starting point for many climatic, hydrologic and basic water resource and land use studies. In 1982 the Colorado Climate Center initiated the effort to update the Colorado precipitation map.
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Climatology report volume 83-3
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1983.
Description
This project was undertaken to adapt the Palmer Index model to Colorado. The state was divided into 25 climatic region rather than 5. Comparisons with the original indexes show noticeable differences and considerable small scale detail which previously could not be resolved. With the new small regions it is now reasonable to use contour analysis of Palmer Index values to visually describe local variations in drought severity across Colorado.