Cold-pool shear balance within a simulated 2-dimensional squall line


Lab Overview:

The purpose of this lab is to examine how the cold-pool shear balance affects the evolution of a 2-dimensional squall line.  You will run a series of experiments varying the strength and depth of the environmental shear.  From these experiments, you will access the impact of shear strength and depth on squall line evolution.


After you have learned how the run the model:

Perform the following sensitivity runs.  As you choose your wind profile, do so such that storm motion is = 0.

Run# Shear magnitude Shear depth
1 0 m/s lowest 2.5 km
2 5 m/s lowest 2.5 km
3 10 m/s lowest 2.5 km
4 20 m/s lowest 2.5 km
5 20 m/s lowest 5.0 km

1.  For each run, plot the hodograph.

 

2.  What is the "optimal" amount of shear to produce an intense squall line?  Is C/Du approximately = 1 in this case?  Use a later time when the squall line has matured.