Abstract
A comprehensive analysis has been made of the atmospheric planetary wave response to orographic and thermal forcing in midlatitudes using a simple model. Vertical heating profiles with maxima at the surface and in the mid-troposphere are considered. It is action between orographic and thermally forced waves that is mainly responsible for changes in the zonal mean flow, and the results therefore strongly depend upon the relative phase of the thermal and orographic forcing.-from Author
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1126-1153 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 1983 |
| Externally published | Yes |