The Role of Wave Packets in Wave–Mean Flow Interactions during Southern Hemisphere Summer
The Role of Wave Packets in Wave–Mean Flow Interactions during Southern Hemisphere Summer
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南半球夏季波包在波浪与平均流相互作用中的作用
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2005
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E. Chang
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E. Chang
Abstract In this study, reanalysis data produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts for 14 Southern Hemisphere (SH) summer seasons have been analyzed. All cases of hemispheric transient eddy kinetic energy (TEKE) maxima have been identified, and the evolution of the local energetics and planetary-scale flow anomalies accompanying these TEKE growth/decay episodes are composited. The longitude–time evolution of the composite energetics shows the clear signature of a wave packet propagating eastward at a group velocity of about 27° longitude per day and undergoing a life cycle of growth and decay, with the energetics within a volume close to the wave packet center dominating the hemispheric mean energetics. When individual cases are examined, 52% are found to resemble the composite and have the energetics life cycle dominated by the evolution of a single wave packet, and an additional 21% are found to be dominated by the evolution of two wave packets having similar amplitudes. Only the...