SOME POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS OF MOMENTUM-TRANSPORT THEORY

Abstract

The accumulation of relative angular momentum due to transport into zonal ring segments between selected longitudes is studied with the help of five-day mean 700-mb charts. Latitudinal displacement and intensity tendencies for the maximum wind speed are defined on the basis of momentum-flux accumulation, and these tendencies are compared with contemporary and subsequent changes in position and intensity of the maximum zonal winds at 700 mb in the regions studied.