Abstract: The stability analysis of wave-zonal flow interaction which was developed in Part I is applied to the Jovian atmosphere. The analysis is made using a two-layer, quasi-geostrophic model on a midlatitude beta-plane. The ...

Abstract: A mechanism which accelerates the midlatitude zonal-mean wind is investigated by means of linear stability analysis for the wave-zonal flow interaction. Two kinds of models are analyzed: In the first, the basic state ...

Abstract: The linear normal modes of large-scale atmospheric motions are computed in a spherical quasi-geostrophic model extending from the surface up to 80 km to investigate the stability of zonal motions in the stratosphere and ...