Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990uarp.nasa..222y&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, NASA Upper Atmosphere Research Program: Research Summaries 1988-1989 p 222-223 (SEE N92-14499 05-46)
Physics
Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Physics, Cyclones, Planetary Waves, Stratosphere, Trace Elements, Troposphere, Atmospheric Temperature, Climatology, Southern Hemisphere, Temperature Distribution, Temporal Distribution, Winds Aloft, Winter
Scientific paper
A global circulation model is being used to study the dynamical behavior of stratospheric planetary waves (waves having horizontal wavelengths of tens of thousands of kilometers) forced by growing cyclonic disturbances of intermediate scale, typically with wavelengths of a few thousand kilometers, which occur in the troposphere. Planetary scale waves are the dominant waves in the stratosphere, and are important for understanding the distribution of atmospheric trace constituents. Planetary wave forcing by intermediate scale tropospheric cyclonic disturbances is important for producing eastward travelling planetary waves of the sort which are prominent in the Southern Hemisphere during winter. The same global circulation model is also being used to simulate and understand the rate of dispersion and possible stratospheric climatic feedbacks of the El Chichon volcanic aerosol cloud. By comparing the results of the model calculation with an established data set now in existence for the volcanic cloud spatial and temporal distribution, stratospheric transport processes will be better understood, and the extent to which the cloud modified stratospheric wind and temperature fields can be assessed.
Pollack James B.
Toon Brian O.
Young E. R. E. R.
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