Stratospheric sudden warmings as self-tuning resonances. Part I: Vortex splitting events

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2481-2504

  Matthewman, N Joss ^a   Esler, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinear models; Potential vorticity; Quasigeostrophic models; Shallow water equations; Stratophere troposphere coupling; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT TRANSITION; BAROTROPIC; CRITICAL VALUE; ELLIPTICAL VORTEX; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; LOW-AMPLITUDE; MODEL PARAMETERS; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NON-LINEAR OSCILLATORS; PARAMETER SPACES; PLANETARY WAVES; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC MODEL; RESONANT EXCITATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SELFTUNING; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SINGLE LAYER; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; SURF ZONES; TOPOGRAPHIC FORCING; VORTEX SPLIT; VORTEX-SPLITTING EVENTS;

ATMOSPHERICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

VORTEX FLOW;

AMPLITUDE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BIFURCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW WATER; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 81555213054     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-07.1     Document Type: Article

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