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Stratospheric dynamics north of 40°N
Author(s) -
Hare F. K.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709139003
Subject(s) - ozone layer , climatology , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , dissipation , instability , middle latitudes , high latitude , latitude , meteorology , stratosphere , geology , physics , geodesy , mechanics , thermodynamics
Kinetic energy in middle and high latitudes, at levels above 20 km, increases throughout winter until the final warming, which supports the view that frictional dissipation is dynamically unimportant at these levels. A climatology of wave disturbances is presented for the years 1958‐61, little support being found for a special role for bipolarity in instability. Comments are made on the pronounced layer structure shown in the wind profiles and the regular ozone‐sonde records. It is suggested that the next stages of research in stratospheric meteorology should be directed towards the layer structure.