Data · dataset · 2026
Simulation of a North American monsoon gulf surge event and comparison to observations
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Gulf surges are transient disturbances that propagate along the Gulf of California (GoC) from south to north, transporting cool moist air toward the deserts of northwest Mexico and the southwest United States during the North American monsoon.
Description
They have been shown to modulate precipitation and have been linked to severe weather and flooding in northern Mexico and the southwest United States. The general features and progression of surge events are well studied, but their detailed evolution is still unclear.
To address this, several convection-permitting simulations are performed over the core monsoon region for the 12-14 July 2004 gulf surge event. This surge event occurred during the North American Monsoon Experiment, which allows for extensive comparison to field observations. A 60-h reference simulation is able to reproduce the surge event, capturing its main characteristics: speed and direction of motion, thermodynamic changes during its passage, and strong northward moisture flux.
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While the timing of the simulated surge is accurate to within 1-3 h, it is weaker and shallower than observed. This deficiency is likely due to a combination of weaker convection and lack of stratiform precipitation along the western slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental than observed, hence, weaker precipitation evaporation to aid the surge. Sensitivity simulations show that convective outflow does modulate the intensity of the simulated surge, in agreement with past studies.
The removal of gap flows from the Pacific Ocean across the Baja Peninsula into the GoC shows they also impact surge intensity.
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- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7vh5pjd ↗
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- data.ucar.edu /dataset/simulation-of-a-north-american-monsoon-gulf-surge-even… ↗
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Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=161272fc-b74f-42f1-a701-84a1e1616… ↗
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Topics
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- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
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- Simulation 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 161272fc-b74f-42f1-a701-84a1e1616456 | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
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