TY - JOUR
T1 - A weakly nonlinear primitive equation baroclinic life cycle
AU - Feldstein, S. B.
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PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - A weakly nonlinear baroclinic life cycle is examined with a spherical, multilevel, primitive equation model. The structure of the initial zonal jet is chosen so that the disturbance grows very slowly, that is, linear growth rate less than 0.1 day-1, and the life cycles of the disturbance are characterized by baroclinic growth and followed by barotropic decay. It is found that if the disturbance grows sufficiently slowly, the decay is baroclinic. As a result, the procedure for determining this weakly nonlinear jet is rather delicate. -from Author
AB - A weakly nonlinear baroclinic life cycle is examined with a spherical, multilevel, primitive equation model. The structure of the initial zonal jet is chosen so that the disturbance grows very slowly, that is, linear growth rate less than 0.1 day-1, and the life cycles of the disturbance are characterized by baroclinic growth and followed by barotropic decay. It is found that if the disturbance grows sufficiently slowly, the decay is baroclinic. As a result, the procedure for determining this weakly nonlinear jet is rather delicate. -from Author
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U2 - 10.1175/1520-0469(1994)051<0023:AWNPEB>2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1175/1520-0469(1994)051<0023:AWNPEB>2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028590515
SN - 0022-4928
VL - 51
SP - 23
EP - 34
JO - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
JF - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
IS - 1
ER -