Breaking Rossby waves in a model stratosphere diagnosed by a vortex-following coordinate system and a technique for advecting material contours

Results from a single-layer, shallow-water, 100-day model integration that reproduces many features of the wintertime stratosphere, particularly in the tropics, are examined. Averages with respect to the vortex-following coordinate system give a clearer picture of the gross features of the tracer tr...

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Published in:Journal of the atmospheric sciences 1994-02, Vol.51 (4), p.654-673
Main Author: NORTON, W. A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmosphere
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
General properties of the high atmosphere
Physics of the high neutral atmosphere
Shallow water
Stratosphere
Tropical environments
Wind
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Summary:Results from a single-layer, shallow-water, 100-day model integration that reproduces many features of the wintertime stratosphere, particularly in the tropics, are examined. Averages with respect to the vortex-following coordinate system give a clearer picture of the gross features of the tracer transport than conventional Eulerian zonal averages.
ISSN:0022-4928
1520-0469
DOI:10.1175/1520-0469(1994)051<0654:BRWIAM>2.0.CO;2