Stability of a Tropical Model Including Shear, Surface Friction and CISK Heating.
Abstract
The structure of barotropically unstable disturbances in the tropics is studied with a two-level quasi-geostrophic model. An Ekman layer is attached to the lower boundary. The equations are linearized and the most unstable mode is found numerically by use of the initial value technique. CISK heating, horizontal friction and shear are introduced to give more realistic solutions. Computations are made for two shear zone wind profiles. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0764090
Entities
People
- Terry G. Robertson
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School