Dynamics of Synoptic Eddy and Low-Frequency Flow Interaction. Part I: A Linear Closure
Dynamics of Synoptic Eddy and Low-Frequency Flow Interaction. Part I: A Linear Closure
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DOI:
10.1175/jas3715.1
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发表时间:
2006-07
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
F. Jin;Lin-lin Pan;M. Watanabe
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作者:
F. Jin;Lin-lin Pan;M. Watanabe
Abstract The interaction between synoptic eddy and low-frequency flow (SELF) has been recognized for decades to play an important role in the dynamics of the low-frequency variability of the atmospheric circulation. In this three-part study a linear framework with a stochastic basic flow capturing both the climatological mean flow and climatological measures of the synoptic eddy flow is proposed. Based on this linear framework, a set of linear dynamic equations is derived for the ensemble-mean eddy forcing that is generated by anomalous time-mean flows. By assuming that such dynamically determined eddy-forcing anomalies approximately represent the time-mean anomalies of the synoptic eddy forcing and by using a quasi-equilibrium approximation, an analytical nonlocal dynamical closure is obtained for the two-way SELF feedback. This linear closure, directly relating time-mean anomalies of the synoptic eddy forcing to the anomalous time–mean flow, becomes an internal part of a new linear dynamic system for an...