The Troposphere-to-Stratosphere Transition in Kinetic Energy Spectra and Nonlinear Spectral Fluxes as Seen in ECMWF Analyses

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 669-687

  Burgess, B H ^a   Erler, Andre R ^a   Shepherd, Theodore G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Fluxes; Mesoscale processes; Reanalysis data; Stratospheric circulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EXTRATROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; HIGH-RESOLUTION GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; KINETIC ENERGY SPECTRA; MESOSCALE PROCESS; REANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL KINETIC ENERGY; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS;

AIRCRAFT; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUXES; KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPY; TURBULENCE;

KINETIC ENERGY;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ENERGY FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POWER LAW; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPOPAUSE; TURBULENCE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 84874994440     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0129.1     Document Type: Article

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