Stratospheric long waves - Comparison of thermal structure in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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Aug 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jats...33.1624l&link_type=abstract

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 33, Aug. 1976, p. 1624-1638.

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Atmospheric Temperature, Northern Hemisphere, Rossby Regimes, Southern Hemisphere, Stratosphere Radiation, Balloon Sounding, Barotropic Flow, Radio Meteorology, Upper Atmosphere

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Stratospheric radiance and temperature data obtained in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres during 1971 and 1972 are analyzed in order to compare planetary-wave behavior in both hemispheres. The data sources include the reduced radiance data of the Nimbus 4 selective chopper radiometer, National Meteorological Center gridded data, and Eole constant-level balloon data. Large-amplitude wave oscillations with energy in the period range from 20 to 30 days are observed along with the eastward propagation of planetary wave 2 in the Southern Hemisphere and a strong vertical coherence in wave phase at all levels between 200 mb and the upper stratosphere. The results show that: (1) despite stationary forcing, eastward phase progression occurs for wave 2 in the south as well as during the amplification phase of wave 1 in both hemispheres; (2) the upper stratosphere in midwinter contains regions of apparent barotropic instability, especially in the south; (3) wave number 2 amplitudes grow from very low values in early winter to high values in late winter; (4) the meridional amplitude structure is similar in the upper stratosphere in both hemispheres; and (5) the equatorward extent of waves is directly related to zonal wind speed in the upper stratosphere.

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