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Application of satellite data in observational and theoretical studies of the evolving structure of baroclinic wavesA variety of observational and theoretical studies were performed which were designed to clarify the relationship between satellite measurements of cloud and radiation and the evolution of transient and stationary circulation in middle latitudes. Satellite outgoing longwave radiation data are used to: (1) estimate the generation of available potential energy due to infrared radiation, and (2) show the extent to which these data can provide the signature of high and low frequency weather phenomena including blocking. In a significant series of studies the nonlinear, energetical, and predictability properties of these blocking situations, and the ralationship of blocking to the planetary, scale longwave structure are described. These studies form the background for continuing efforts to describe and theoretically account for these low frequency planetary wave phenomena in terms of their bimodal properties.
Document ID
19880008707
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Saltzman, Barry (Yale Univ. New Haven, CT, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1987
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:179277
NASA-CR-179277
Accession Number
88N18091
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-34903
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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