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On the zonally averaged temperature in the southern hemisphere
Author(s) -
Satyamurty P.,
Brahmananda Rao V.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0196-1748
DOI - 10.1002/joc.3370050408
Subject(s) - baroclinity , southern hemisphere , zonal and meridional , northern hemisphere , geostrophic wind , climatology , latitude , geology , instability , atmospheric sciences , physics , geodesy , mechanics
The observed meridional temperature gradients in the middle and high latitudes of the southern hemisphere are much higher than the critical gradients necessary for the manifestation of baroclinic instability in a two‐level quasi geostrophic model. This is in contrast to the ‘baroclinic adjustment’ observed in the northern hemisphere by Stone (1978).