Meso- and Micro-Scale Structures of Stratospheric Winds:
A Quick Look of Balloon Observation
Manabu D. Yamanaka
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science,
Meguro, Tokyo 153, Japan
and Hiroshi Tanaka
Water Research Institute, Nagoya University,
Chikusa, Nagoya 464, Japan
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan ,
vol.62, no.1, pp.177-182.
First manuscript received: November 9, 1983;
Final manuscript accepted: December 21, 1983
Published: February, 1984
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Abstract
Some quick look results of balloon observations of gravity waves and
turbulence carried out through 30 hours in September 1982 are shown.
We focus our attention into multiple thin `gust layers' which have not
been reported so far.
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Balloon Instrumentation and Flight
- 3. Wave-Like Fluctuations
- 4. Gust Layers
- 5. Remarks
Corrections and Additional Remarks
- Caption of Fig.4:
`Vertical wind profiles' must be read as `Vertical profiles of wind'.
- Reference:
`Tanaka and Yamanaka (1984)' was published as
`Tanaka and Yamanaka (1985)' cited here below.
List of Figures
(No Tabales)
- Fig. 1.
Balloon instrumentation.
- Fig. 2.
Balloon trajectory.
- Fig. 3.
Time-height cross-section of zonal wind at SBC, Akita and Ryori.
- Fig. 4.
Vertical profiles of wind obtained from the balloo tracking data.
- Fig. 5.
Time variations of the horizontal wind components obtained from the
telemetric tracking.
- Fig. 6.
Power spectrum of mesoscale zonal wind fluctuations obtained from
tracking data and rawinsonde data at Akita.
- Fig. 7.
Vertical profiles of relative horizontal wind velocity obtained from
the anemometric instrument mounted on the lower gondola during
upward scannings through 600 m.
References
(Updated after publication)
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in Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere,
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Citations by Subsequent Papers
- Dunkerton, 1984: J. Atmos. Sci.
- Fritts
- Fritts and Rastogi
- Ushimaru and Tanaka, 1990: J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 68, 1.
- Yamanaka, 1985: J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 63, 715.
- Yamanaka and Tanaka, 1984:
in Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere,
Holton and Matsuno (eds.), D. Reidel Pub. Co., p.117.
- Yamanaka et al., 1989: Pure Appl. Geophys., 130, 481.
- Yamanaka et al., 1994:
in Solar Terrestrial Energy Program:
The Initial Results from STEP Facilities and Theory Campaigns,
Baker et al.(eds.), Pergamon Press, London, p.511. (original: 1993b)
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