Response of baroclinic life cycles to barotropic shear

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-313

  Hartmann, Dennis L ^a   Zuercher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; SHEAR FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BAROTROPIC SHEAR; CYCLONIC SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC LIFE CYCLE; BAROTROPIC SHEAR; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 0032004556     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0297:ROBLCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Edmon, H. J., Jr., B. J. Hosktis, and M. E. McIntyre, 1980: Eliassen-Palm cross sections for the troposphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2600-2616: Corrigendum, 38, 1115.
2. Hartmann, D. L., 1995: A PV view of zonal flow vacillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2561-2576.
3. Haynes, P. H., 1988: Forced, dissipative generalizations of finiteamplitude wave-activity conservation relations for zonal and nonzonal basic flows. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 2352-2362.
4. Hoskins, B. J., and D. J. Karoly, 1981: The steady-state linear response of a spherical atmosphere to thermal and orographic forcing. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 1179-1196.
5. _, M. E. McIntyre, and A. W. Robertson, 1985: On the use and significance of isentropic potential-vorticity maps. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 111, 877-946.
6. James, I. N., 1987: Suppression of baroclinic instability in horizontally sheared flows. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 3710-3720.
7. _, and J. P. Dodd, 1996: A mechanism for the low-frequency variability of the mid-latitude troposphere. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 122, 1197-1210.
8. Karoly, D., and B. J. Hoskins, 1982: Three-dimensional propagation of planetary waves. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 60, 109-123.
9. Lorenz, E. N., 1964: The problem of deducing the climate from the governing equations. Tellus, 16, 21-31.
10. _, 1967: The Nature and Theory of the General Circulation of the Atmosphere. World Meteorological Organization, 161 pp.
11. Magnusdottir, G., and P. H. Haynes, 1996: Wave activity diagnostics applied to baroclinic wave life cycles. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2317-2353.
12. Matsuno, T., 1970: Vertical propagation of stationary planetary waves in the winter Northern Hemisphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 27, 871-883.
13. Simmons, A. J., and B. J. Hoskins, 1980: Barotropic influences on the growth and decay of nonlinear baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 1679-1684.
14. Thorncroft, C. D., B. J. Hoskins, and M. E. McIntyre, 1993: Two paradigms of baroclinic life-cycle behaviour. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 119, 17-55.
15. Yu, J.-Y., and D. L. Hartmann, 1993: Zonal flow vacillation and eddy forcing in a simple GCM of the atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3244-3259.
16. Zuercher, P., 1996: Bimodal response of baroclinic wave lifecycles to changes in horizontal, barotropic shear. M.S. thesis, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, 114 pp. [Available from Resource Sharing, Suzzallo and Alien Library, Box 352900, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 92195.]