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Nongeostrophic Theory of Zonally Averaged Circulation. Part II: Eliassen-Palm Flux Divergence and Isentropic Mixing Coefficient
- Source :
- Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 47:215-241
- Publication Year :
- 1990
- Publisher :
- American Meteorological Society, 1990.
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Abstract
- A diagnostic study of Eliassen-Palm flux divergence and isentropic mixing coefficient (Kyy) in the stratosphere is performed for different seasons and for both hemispheres, based on the nongeostrophic theory of zonally averaged circulation of Tung (1986). An easily implementable procedure is described which yields a Kyy field that is consistent with advective transport. It is shown that the resultant time- and space-varying structure of Kyy leads to improved simulation of stratospheric species whose distributions are affected by dynamical transport. In particular, it is shown that the simulation of nitric acid is more satisfactory than previous model calculations.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15200469 and 00224928
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........979f6346f8bc301ff28491341753631d