On the mix-down times of dynamically active potential vorticity filaments
A simple model is used to study the evolution of potential vorticity filaments, viewed in cross-section, subject to steady shear and deformation flows representative of the large-scale atmospheric circulation. It is found that the balanced, ageostrophic circulation induced by the anomalous potential...
Main Authors: | Polvani, Lorenzo M., Esler Jr, Kenneth P, Plumb, R. Alan |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108606 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-1576 |
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