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Two Applications of Potential Vorticity Thinking

  • Robinson W
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (1987) 44(11) 1554-1557
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1987)044<1554:taopvt>2.0.co;2
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Abstract

Reasoning in terms of potential vorticity provides physical explanations for the dissipative destabilization of external Rossby waves and for the acceleration of the zonal mean jet during baroclinic life cycles. Both explanations depend upon the equivalence between surface temperature and a sheet of potential vorticity located just above the surface.

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Robinson, W. A. (1987). Two Applications of Potential Vorticity Thinking. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 44(11), 1554–1557. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1987)044<1554:taopvt>2.0.co;2

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