Open AccessResearch Spotlight: Demonstrating the equivalence of two atmospheric velocity statistics
Author(s) -
Tretkoff Ernie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo091i022p00204-02
Subject(s) - wind speed , altitude (triangle) , equivalence (formal languages) , atmospheric research , constant (computer programming) , environmental science , atmospheric pressure , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , statistics , mathematics , geography , physics , geometry , computer science , programming language , discrete mathematics
Atmospheric velocity (wind speed) statistics are a key part of weather prediction as well as climate studies. Velocity statistics, which are used in describing atmospheric dynamics as a function of spatial scale, season, or geographic region, are usually calculated on constant pressure levels. Because there can be large altitude variations in constant pressure surfaces during large‐scale atmospheric disturbances, some recent studies have suggested that statistics should instead be calculated on constant altitude levels.