Abstract
Recently reported medium-scale wave dominance of the Southern Hemisphere summer circulation is studied using NMC geopotential height fields for the 1978-79 summer. These features, corroborated by independent analyses of satellite microwave measurements, are apparent in meridional thermal winds derived from the NMC grids. Episodes of latitudinal phase structure indicative of barotropic energy exchange with the mean wind field are observed. An exceptionally clear case of stationary-transient wave interference is observed. -from Authors
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2312-2318 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - 1983 |