A barotropic envelope Rossby soliton model for block-eddy interaction. Part II: Role of westward-traveling planetary waves
A barotropic envelope Rossby soliton model for block-eddy interaction. Part II: Role of westward-traveling planetary waves
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DOI:
10.1175/3347.1
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发表时间:
2005
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3.1
通讯作者:
D. Luo
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作者:
D. Luo
Abstract The role of westward-traveling planetary waves in the block onset and the deformation of eddies during the interaction between synoptic-scale eddies and an incipient block is first examined by constructing an incipient block that consists of a stationary dipole wave for zonal wavenumber 2 and a westward-traveling monopole wave with constant amplitude (C wave) for zonal wavenumber 1 or 2. It is shown that the C-wave can affect the onset and strength of blocking through influencing the preblock (diffluent) flow even though it does not affect the amplification of the dipole wave associated with the synoptic-scale eddies. Whether the storm tracks organized by the deformed eddies deflect northward depends upon the zonal wavenumber, amplitude, and phase of the C wave relative to the stationary dipole wave. A typical retrograde blocking anticyclone can arise through the interaction of an incipient block with synoptic-scale perturbations when the C-wave ridge with zonal wavenumber 1 shifts westward from ...