The role of stationary and transient planetary waves in the maintenance of stratospheric polar vortex regimes in Northern Hemisphere winter

Details The role of stationary and transient planetary waves in the maintenance of stratospheric polar vortex regimes in Northern Hemisphere winter The role of stationary and transient planetary waves in the maintenance of stratospheric polar vortex regimes in Northern Hemisphere winter

Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011adats..28..187l&link_type=abstract

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 28, Issue 1, pp.187-194

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Stratospheric Polar Vortex, Planetary Waves, Stationary, Transient

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Using 1958-2002 NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data, we investigate stationary and transient planetary wave propagation and its role in wave-mean flow interaction which influences the state of the polar vortex (PV) in the stratosphere in Northern Hemisphere (NH) winter. This is done by analyzing the Eliassen-Palm (E-P) flux and its divergence. We find that the stationary and transient waves propagate upward and equatorward in NH winter, with stronger upward propagation of stationary waves from the troposphere to the stratosphere, and stronger equatorward propagation of transient waves from mid-latitudes to the subtropics in the troposphere. Stationary waves exhibit more upward propagation in the polar stratosphere during the weak polar vortex regime (WVR) than during the strong polar vortex regime (SVR). On the other hand, transient waves have more upward propagation during SVR than during WVR in the subpolar stratosphere, with a domain of low frequency waves. With different paths of upward propagation, both stationary and transient waves contribute to the maintenance of the observed stratospheric PV regimes in NH winter.

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