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Midwinter disturbances in the middle atmosphere
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Labitzke, K. |
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Description | The Middle Atmosphere is coupled to the troposphere during winter because planetary scale waves can propagate upwards if the prevailing winds are from the west. It is during this time of the year that the well-known midwinter disturbances are observed which ultimately affect the whole of the Middle Atmosphere. The mechanism of these disturbances is not completely understood. The large-scale circulation features up to the upper mesosphere are investigated to demonstrate the synoptic-scale behavior of the midwinter disturbances. Ground-based and satellite observations are combined. The interannual variability of the disturbances is discussed briefly. It is shown that the QBO (Quasi Biennial Oscillation) of the equatorial stratosphere appears to modulate the planetary waves during the northern winters, in the troposphere as well as in the Middle Atmosphere. |
| File Size | 277244 |
| Page Count | 7 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19850012155 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6450hq4z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1984-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Planetary Waves Atmospheric Circulation Wave Propagation Middle Atmosphere Winter Annual Variations Temperature Gradients Synoptic Meteorology Stratosphere Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |