MODEL COMPUTATIONS OF VERTICAL MOTION IN THE UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE FROM WIND POTENTIAL DATA.

Abstract

Fields of the potential function which had been obtained previously by Martin (1964), by numerical solution of a Poisson type equation were employed in this paper to obtain the divergence of the wind field at each grid point. Based upon a vertical interpolating polynomial formula for divergence vertical integration of the divergence fields is performed from the top of the atmosphere to determine values of vertical motion at each grid point on the 50, 100, 200, and 300 mb levels. Features of these fields are discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0817562

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  • Jerry Dean Jarrell

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Atmosphere (Earth)
  • Atmospheres
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Computations
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Polynomials
  • Stratosphere
  • Troposphere

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  • Mathematics

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Regression Analysis.

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  • Space