Gravity wave interactions around the jet stream

被引：23

作者：

Pavelin, E

Whiteway, JA

机构：

[1] Univ Reading, Dept Meteorol, Reading RGB 6BB, Berks, England

[2] Univ Wales, Dept Phys, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, Dyfed, Wales

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 2002年 / 29卷 / 21期

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D O I：

10.1029/2002GL015783

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

VHF radar measurements have been applied to study the interaction between a mountain wave and an inertia-gravity wave above the jet stream in the tropopause region. The mountain wave was observed to break and generate turbulence at a critical level that was induced by the inertia-gravity wave. This indicates that wave-wave interactions can be an important source of turbulence and, consequently, mixing in the tropopause region.

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