An analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2003.
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| author | Lee, Irene W., 1977- |
| author2 | Raymond A. Plumb. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/176772019-04-12T21:59:03Z An analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion Lee, Irene W., 1977- Raymond A. Plumb. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2003. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77). An analytic study was performed to examine the effect of the stratosphere on the surface of the earth. The method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion was employed in the diagnosis of the magnitude of and dynamics behind the stratosphere-surface link in both the transient and stationary cases. The potential vorticity inversion results in both the transient and stationary models indicated that the stratosphere possesses a significant effect at the surface of the earth. It was determined that, compared to the stratosphere as a whole, it was primarily the lower stratosphere that had the most significant impact at the surface of the earth. The results of this analytic study therefore indicate that in modeling the surface of the earth, the dynamics detailed here between the lower stratosphere and surface must be included for the modeled surface weather or climate simulations to be accurate. by Irene W. Lee. S.M. 2005-06-02T16:40:00Z 2005-06-02T16:40:00Z 2003 2003 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17677 55874844 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 77 leaves 2772457 bytes 2772264 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Lee, Irene W., 1977- An analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion |
| title | An analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion |
| title_full | An analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion |
| title_fullStr | An analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion |
| title_short | An analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion |
| title_sort | analytic examination of the effect of the stratosphere on surface climate through the method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion |
| topic | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17677 |
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