Isentropic transport within the antarctic polar-night vortex: Rossby wave breaking evidence and lagrangian structures

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2982-3001

  Cámara, Alvaro De La ^a,b,e   Mechoso, Carlos R ^c   Mancho, Ana M ^b   Serrano, Encarna ^a   Ide, Kayo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Lagrangian circulation transport; Stratospheric circulation; Trajectories; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC POLAR VORTEX; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; HYPERBOLIC TRAJECTORY; LAGRANGIAN CIRCULATION/TRANSPORT; LAGRANGIAN STRUCTURES; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; WAVEBREAKING;

BALLOONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MECHANICAL WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TRAJECTORIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; JET STREAM; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PLANETARY WAVE; POLAR VORTEX; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE; TRAJECTORY; WAVE BREAKING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84884940866     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0274.1     Document Type: Article

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