Clinogenesis and frontogenesis in jet-stream waves. Part I: analytical relations to wave structure.

Abstract

In gradient flow, convergence and confluence are related to curvature variations and are also wind-speed dependent. Hence, in a wave on the jet stream, lateral shears result in solenoidally-indirect tilting on the cyclonic flank, in the midtropospheric airstream from a ridge to a trough. This and the other clinogenetic processes of confluence and canting (turning of wind with height) are related to the structure and dimensions of a jet-stream wave. -from Authors