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Mean,
Hydrostatic balance:
p
g
z
I pressure coordinat
In
di tes:
p
where
where
1 specific volume,
gz geopotential
u
tan
2 sin urel
a
a p
2
rel
Can be
C
b phrased
h
d iin tterms off absolute
b l t angular
l
M a cos a cos u
M a cos
sin
2
3
a cos
1 tan M
T s *
2
2
a cos p
p p s* p
2
(convective neutrality)
s *
2 2
2
M a cos a cos cot Ts T
ss *
2
u 2a cos u cot Ts T
0.
Ts T s *
u
2 sin y
need
ded?
d?
At the tropopause,
s *
2 2
2
M a cos a cos cot Ts Tt
M eq a
2
s *
Ts Tt
2 a 2 tan 1 cos 4
cos 2
8
sin
2
Let
y sec 2
Ts Tt s *
1 y
2 2
0
yy a y
3
i viol
is
i lated?
d?
Overturning circulation must develop
Acts to drive actual entropy distribution
back toward criticality
Postulate constant angular momentum at
tropopause:
M t a
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tropopause:
t
s *
M a a cos cott T Tt
T Tt s *
a 1
u
cos
3
2 cos
2a sin
Note:
N
t u att surfface allways < 0 ffor supercriti
iticall
entropy distribution
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Ts Tt s * 1 1
2 1
2 2
a yy 2 y
Ts Tt
Ts Tt * 1
1
s* 2 2 seq 1
1 y
2 2
a
a
y
2
Ts Tt * 1 2
1
2 2 seq 1 cos
2
cos
a
2
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From "The General Circulation of the Tropical Atmosphere and Interactions with Extratropical
Latitudes - Vol. 1" by MIT Press. Courtesy of MIT Press. Used with permission.
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(1980)
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Circullatiion
Ci
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equation
equat
o model
ode with
t pa
parameterized
a ete ed co
convection
ect o
(Pauluis, 2004)
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