Low-level jet climatology from enhanced rawinsonde observations at a site in the southern Great Plains

CD Whiteman, X Bian, S Zhong - Journal of Applied …, 1997 - journals.ametsoc.org
A climatology of the Great Plains low-level jet (LLJ) is developed from 2 yr of research
rawinsonde data obtained up to eight times per day at a site in north-central Oklahoma …

A climatology of nocturnal low-level jets at Cabauw

P Baas, FC Bosveld, H Klein Baltink… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
A climatology of nocturnal low-level jets (LLJs) is presented for the topographically flat
measurement site at Cabauw, the Netherlands. LLJ characteristics are derived from a 7-yr …

Global distribution and seasonal variability of coastal low-level jets derived from ERA-Interim reanalysis

R Ranjha, G Svensson, M Tjernström… - Tellus A: Dynamic …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A low-level wind maximum is often found over the oceans near many coasts around the
world. These Coastal Low-Level Jets (CLLJs) play an important role in the coastal weather …

A case study of the Great Plains low-level jet using wind profiler network data and a high-resolution mesoscale model

S Zhong, JD Fast, X Bian - Monthly Weather Review, 1996 - journals.ametsoc.org
A detailed case study of one complete episode of a typical summertime Great Plains low-
level jet (LLJ) using data collected by the NOAA wind profiler demonstration network is …

Forcing of the summertime low-level jet along the California coast

TR Parish - Journal of Applied Meteorology, 2000 - journals.ametsoc.org
Coast-parallel low-level jets are commonplace in the offshore environment along the west
coast of the United States during summer. The jet often has wind speeds in excess of 30 …

Mechanisms of the Great Plains low-level jet as simulated in an AGCM

X Jiang, NC Lau, IM Held… - Journal of the …, 2007 - journals.ametsoc.org
A model diagnosis has been performed on the nocturnal Great Plains low-level jet (LLJ),
which is one of the key elements of the warm season regional climate over North America …

Observing and simulating the summertime low-level jet in central Iowa

BJ Vanderwende, JK Lundquist… - Monthly Weather …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
In the US state of Iowa, the increase in wind power production has motivated interest into the
impacts of low-level jets on turbine performance. In this study, two commercial lidar systems …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme wind shear events in US offshore wind energy areas and the role of induced stratification

M Debnath, P Doubrawa, M Optis… - Wind Energy …, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
As the offshore wind industry emerges on the US East Coast, a comprehensive
understanding of the wind resource–particularly extreme events–is vital to the industry's …

On the role of slo** terrain in the forcing of the Great Plains low-level jet

TR Parish, LD Oolman - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The summertime Great Plains low-level jet (LLJ) has been the subject of numerous
investigations during the past several decades. Characteristics of the LLJ include nighttime …

The low-level jet over the southern Great Plains determined from observations and reanalyses and its impact on moisture transport

LK Berg, LD Riihimaki, Y Qian, H Yan… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study utilizes six commonly used reanalysis products, including the NCEP–Department
of Energy Reanalysis 2 (NCEP2), NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) …