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David Kristovich Laird, Neil Francis 2015-09-28T14:52:17Z 2015-09-28T14:52:17Z 10000-01-01 2001 2001 To understand and predict the strength of mesoscale lake-effect circulations a simple function, called the lake-effect intensity index, was developed using the dimensional analysis technique. The intensity index was found to be equivalent to scaling the Froude number by a dimensionless quantity comprised of lake-air temperature difference, fetch distance, air temperature, and boundary layer height to improve its predictive capability. The intensity index: (1) accounts for the relative contributions of variables fundamental to the lake-effect system, (2) effectively predicts the strength of lake-effect circulations from first order fundamental variables that are easily measured, and (3) can be used regardless of the lake-effect morphological regime. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-28T14:52:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3023107.pdf: 7381404 bytes, checksum: 405951acdd9e44ba84677f8d3722e2f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2001 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 87237 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 146 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85956 (MiAaPQ)AAI3023107 eng Geophysics The Structure and Intensity of Winter Mesoscale Lake -Effect Circulations Associated With an Isolated Lake text Atmospheric Sciences Atmospheric Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.