Atmospheric Circulation in the Lower Stratosphere
Induced by the Mesoscale Mountain Wave Breakdown
Horoshi Tanaka and Manabu D. Yamanaka
Water Research Institute, Nagoya University,
Chikusa, Nagoya 464, Japan
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan ,
Vol. 63 , No.6, pp.1047-1054.
First manuscript Received: September 19, 1983;
Final manuscript accepted: October 11, 1985
Published: December, 1985
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Abstract
Mesoscale mountain wave effects induced by the catastrophic breakdown
in the lower stratosphere on the general circulation were testified
by using Lindzen's (1981) parameterization scheme and
Holton's (1982) quasi-one-dimensional model.
The basic data obtained by Lilly and Kennedy (1973) were applied
for the momentum flux radiated by the mountains.
The results demonstrate that the mountain wave breakdown produce
drag forces enough to predict the realistic wind profiles
in the lower winter stratosphere.
In addition,
stronger meridional flows than expected so far was obtained
within thin turbulence layers less than a few kilometers.
More detailed simulations for the general circulation must be desired
to know what is the main driving force
to maintain the Brewer-Dobson citculation.
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Mountain Waves and Radiated Momentum Fluxes
- 3. Basic Equations and Assumptions
- 4. Results
- 5. Discussions
Corrections and Additional Remarks
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List of Table and Figures
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- Table 1.
- Fig. 1.
- Fig. 2.
- Fig. 3.
- Fig. 4.
References
(Updated after publication)
- Bretherton, 1969: Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 95, 213.
- Brown, 1983: Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 109, 849.
- Dunkerton, 1982: J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 1711.
- Holton, 1982: J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 791.
- Kantor and Cole, 1964: J. Geophys. Res., 69, 5131.
- Klemp and Lilly, 1978: J. Atmos. Sci., 35, 78.
- Lilly and Kennedy, 1973: J. Atmos. Sci., 30, 1135.
- Lindzen, 1981: J. Geophys. Res., 86, 9707.
- Matsuno, 1982: J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 60, 215.
- Shoeberl and Geller, 1977: J. Aoms. Sci., 34 1235.
- Tanaka, 1982: J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 60, 1034.
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