MAINTENANCE AND OSCILLATION MECHANISMS OF SUM-MER TROPICAL UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC EASTERLIES

Zhu Qiangen; Zhi Xiefei

doi:10.1007/BF02656775

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Apr. 1988

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Article > ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES > 1988 > 5(2): 127-140

MAINTENANCE AND OSCILLATION MECHANISMS OF SUM-MER TROPICAL UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC EASTERLIES

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Department of Meteorology, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing,Department of Meteorology, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing

doi: 10.1007/BF02656775

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Abstract:
The mechanisms of the maintenance and oscillation of 1982 summer tropical 200-hPa mean easterly flow and extra-long waves are investigated in terms of the energy equations in wavenumber-frequency space. Calculation results show that the difference in heating between land and sea and the boundary effect serve as the main source of energy; frictional dissipation as the sink; the conversion of available potential energy into kinetic takes place dominantly in the waves of number 1-2; such transformation is accomplished in just a small amount in zonal mean flow and therefore can be ignored because of the value.In the interaction between wave and zonal mean flow, the latter loses its available potential and gains kinetic energy. The tropical easterly belt over 20oN-5oS is found barotropically stable and that over 10oN-5oS, unstable. The waves of number 2 and 1 manifest themselves a primary source and sink of kinetic energy, respectively, in the interplay between waves and between zonal mean flow and wave.It is found that zonal mean flow and the waves of number 1-2 have a roughly 40-and 20-day oscillational period of kinetic energy, respectively, whose primary mechanism is the transfer of barotropic energy, the conversion of baroclinic energy, and the boundary effect.
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沈阳化工大学材料科学与工程学院沈阳 110142

MAINTENANCE AND OSCILLATION MECHANISMS OF SUM-MER TROPICAL UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC EASTERLIES

1. Department of Meteorology, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing,Department of Meteorology, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing

Manuscript received: 1988-04-10
Manuscript revised: 1988-04-10

Abstract: The mechanisms of the maintenance and oscillation of 1982 summer tropical 200-hPa mean easterly flow and extra-long waves are investigated in terms of the energy equations in wavenumber-frequency space. Calculation results show that the difference in heating between land and sea and the boundary effect serve as the main source of energy; frictional dissipation as the sink; the conversion of available potential energy into kinetic takes place dominantly in the waves of number 1-2; such transformation is accomplished in just a small amount in zonal mean flow and therefore can be ignored because of the value.In the interaction between wave and zonal mean flow, the latter loses its available potential and gains kinetic energy. The tropical easterly belt over 20oN-5oS is found barotropically stable and that over 10oN-5oS, unstable. The waves of number 2 and 1 manifest themselves a primary source and sink of kinetic energy, respectively, in the interplay between waves and between zonal mean flow and wave.It is found that zonal mean flow and the waves of number 1-2 have a roughly 40-and 20-day oscillational period of kinetic energy, respectively, whose primary mechanism is the transfer of barotropic energy, the conversion of baroclinic energy, and the boundary effect.