Analysis on the Forcing Region of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings by Using Group Velocity of Planetary Wave Packets

Autor: UEDA, Manabu, MUKOUGAWA, Hitoshi, KODERA, Kunihiko, NOGUCHI, Shunsuke
Jazyk: japonština
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: 京都大学防災研究所年報. B. 59:168-179
ISSN: 0386-412X
Popis: An analysis method to detect emanation regions and the associated emanation period of planetary wave (PW) packets inducing the sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) is developed. The method traces a 3D wave ray of a PW packet based on its group velocity computed from the 3D wave activity flux for stationary PWs defined by Plumb. By applying the method to a SSW event occurred in December 2001, we detect two key circulation anomalies near the tropopause, from which PW packets propagate efficiently into the stratosphere and subsequently cause the SSW: one is a blocking in the North Atlantic, the other is a cyclonic anomaly residing in East Asia and the North Pacific. The important role of the latter anomaly for the occurrence of the SSW is firstly recognized in our study.
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