General circulation parameters in the troposphere and stratosphere as calculated from SIRS-derived thermal and mass structure

Autor:	R. F. Adler
Rok vydání:	1974
Předmět:	Atmospheric Science Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric sciences Potential energy Vortex Troposphere Maxima and minima Radiance General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental science Maxima Stratosphere Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics General Environmental Science
Zdroj:	Archiv für Meteorologie, Geophysik und Bioklimatologie Serie A. 23:1-8
ISSN:	1436-5065 0066-6416
DOI:	10.1007/bf02245550
Popis:	General circulation parameters in the northern hemisphere are calculated using atmospheric thermal structure obtained from Nimbus III SIRS multi-channel radiance information. The thermal structure up to 10 mb is obtained by using a regression technique with thickness between pressure levels as the dependent variable. General circulation parameters calculated on a daily basis include zonal and eddy available potential energy, and zonal and eddy kinetic energy. A second set of calculations is performed using National Meteorological Center (NMC) grid data. A comparison of the two sets of calculations indicates that, although the energies calculated from the SIRS-derived structure underestimate the actual energies, maxima, minima and trends are well identified. An example of mid-stratospheric energy changes during a breakdown of the polar-night vortex is also given.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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