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A comparison of observed and simulated properties of sudden stratospheric warmingsReview of observational data and dynamical numerical simulations of stratospheric warmings. Classes of warmings, major and minor (major if poleward movement of planetary-scale thermal systems entails reversal of polar circulation at 10 mb or below), trajectories of warm cells, vertical and horizontal scale of warm-air systems, the time-scale of warming, initial zonal flow conditions prior to a warming, circulation reversals, and details of the energy budget before and after a warming are discussed. The 1963 and 1973 types of warmings are contrasted: the strong baroclinic conversion of eddy potential to eddy kinetic energy was not repeated in the latter, but both events were preceded by very large fluxes from the troposphere. Numerical model simulations by various authors are compared and evaluated.
Document ID
19760037250
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Quiroz, R. S.
(National Meteorological Center Washington, DC, United States)
Miller, A. J.
(National Meteorological Center Washington, DC, United States)
Nagatani, R. M.
(NOAA, National Meteorological Center Washington, D.C., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume: 32
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
76A20216
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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