Recent advances in understanding stratospheric dynamics and transport processes: Application of satellite data to their interpretation |
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Authors: | William L Grose |
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Institution: | NASA Langley Research Center, Atmospheric Sciences Division, Hampton, VA 23665, USA |
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Abstract: | The present paper discusses the use of the transformed Eulerian (or “residual”) mean-flow formulation, the Eliassen-Palm flux, and Ertel's potential vorticity to provide an increased understanding of wave, mean-flow interactions, and constituent transport processes in the stratosphere. Temperature and ozone data retrieved from radiance profiles obtained by the LIMS instrument on the Nimbus 7 satellite are utilized in conjunction with these theoretical concepts for the interpretation of phenomena that occurred during the major and minor warmings of January-February 1979. The results illustrate the insight provided by these concepts and demonstrate that useful diagnostic quantities can be derived from global satellite temperature fields. |
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