Jan Paegle

Office: 414 EMRO
Phone: 581-7180
Email: jpaegle@met.utah.edu

Research Interests:

  • Numerical weather prediction
  • Mountain and boundary layer meteorology

    Extended abstract for the 10th conference on mountain meteorology (Jun 02)

    (Poster for the 10th conference on mountain meteorology (Jun 02))

    Description of the Seasonal cycle of low-level flows flanking the Andes and their interannual variability (revised 13 Feb 03)

    Some Publications:
    Astling, E. G., J. Paegle, E. Miller, C. J. O'Brien, 1985: Boundary layer control of nocturnal

    convection associated with a synoptic scale system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 540-552.
    Berri, G. J., and J. Paegle, 1990: Sensitivity of local prediction to initial conditions.
    J. Appl. Meteor. 29, 256-267.
    Buchmann, J., L. E. Buja, J. N. Paegle, and J. Paegle, 1995: The Dynamical basis of regional
    vertical motion fields surrounding localized tropical heating. J. Climate, 8, 1217-1234.
    Nicolini, M., K. M. Waldron, J. Paegle, 1993: Diurnal oscillations of low-level jets, vertical
    motion and precipitation: a model case study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 2588-2610.
    Smith, R, J. Paegle, T. Clark, W. Cotton, D. Durran, G. Forbes, J. Marwitz, J. McGinley,
    H. Pan, and M. Ralph, 1997: Local and remote effect of mountains on weather: Research
    needs and opportunities. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., in press.
    Paegle, J., 1989: A variable resolution global model based upon Fourier and finite element
    representation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 583-606.
    Paegle, J., and D. W. McLawhorn, 1983: Numerical modeling of diurnal convergence
    oscillations above sloping terrain. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 67-85.
    Paegle, J., K. C. Mo, and J. N. Paegle, 1986: Dependence of simulated precipitation on surface
    evaporation during the 1993 United States summer floods. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 345-361.
    Paegle, J., and T. Vukicevic, 1987: On the predictability of low-level flow during ALPEX.
    Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 36, 45-60.
    Paegle, J., R. A. Pielke, G. A. Dalu, W. Miller, J. R. Garratt, T. Vukicevic, G. Berri,
    and M. Nicolini, 1990: Predictability of flows over complex terrain. Atmospheric Processes
    over Complex Terrain, Ch. 10, 285-300.
    Paegle, J., Q. Yang, and M. Wang, 1997: Predictability in Limited Area and Global Models.
    Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., in press.
    Vukicevic, T., Paegle, J., 1989: The influence of one-way interactin lateral boundary
    conditions on predictability of flow in bounded numerical models.
    Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 340-350.
    Waldron, K. M., J. Paegle, and J. D. Horel, 1996: Sensitivity of a spectrally filtered and Nudged
    limited area model to outer model options. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 529-547.