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contributor authorHeld, Isaac M.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:20:02Z
date available2017-06-09T14:20:02Z
date copyright1978/04/01
date issued1978
identifier issn0022-4928
identifier otherams-17454.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4153350
description abstractLinear, quasi-geostrophic waves destabilized by a surface temperature gradient produce eddy potential vorticity fluxes which characteristically extend above the surface to a height where the vertical shear ?u?/?z, static stability N2 and potential vorticity gradient ?q/?y of the zonal flow are evaluated at the surface. Utilizing this result and a simple scaling analysis, we argue that the time averaged, vertically integrated, poleward eddy heat flux is proportional to the fifth power of the meridional temperature gradient when h0 is much less than the scale height of the atmosphere.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThe Vertical Scale of an Unstable Baroclinic Wave and Its Importance for Eddy Heat Flux Parameterizations
typeJournal Paper
journal volume35
journal issue4
journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0469(1978)035<0572:TVSOAU>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage572
journal lastpage576
treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1978:;Volume( 035 ):;issue: 004
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