Abstract: A parameterization of transient eddy heat flux is developed which incorporates baroclinic wave behavior in a continuously stratified fluid on a ?-plane. The meridional and vertical heat transports are more sensitive to ...

Abstract: The classic Charney baroclinic stability problem is examined through perturbation techniques in the short-wave limit, near the first neutral curve separating Charney and Green modes, and near the second neutral curve ...

Abstract: The effects of topography are examined in a class of low-order quasi-geostrophic models on a midlatitude ?-plane. In the absence of topography the models are capable of producing qualitatively realistic zonal-mean circulations. ...

Abstract: The response of midlatitude temperature structure to changes in radiative forcing is examined in an analytical energy-balance model that includes parameterized eddy heat fluxes and linear radiative heating. The characteristics ...

Abstract: The nonlinear development of baroclinically unstable waves in the presence of surface friction and heat flux is studied, using a global primitive equation model. The experiments use zonal wavenumber 3.7 or 12 and a variety ...

Abstract: We use a global, primitive equation model to study the evolution of waves growing in a zonal mean state that is initially baroclinically unstable. The waves produce changes in the zonal mean state that we compare with ...

Abstract: The interaction between moisture and baroclinic eddies was examined through eddy life-cycle experiments using a global, primitive equation model. How condensation affects the structural evolution of eddies, their fluxes ...

Abstract: Observational studies have revealed some coherent extratropical patterns associated with the tropical Madden?Julian (MJ) wave. This study is an attempt to clarify and constrain the interpretation of these patterns by ...