Open AccessTemperature Phase Tilt in Unstable Baroclinic Waves
Author(s) -
Chenglin Sun
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of the atmospheric sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.853
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1520-0469
pISSN - 0022-4928
DOI - 10.1175/2007jas2405.1
Subject(s) - baroclinity , homogenization (climate) , instability , potential vorticity , vorticity , tilt (camera) , mechanics , physics , phase (matter) , vorticity equation , geology , classical mechanics , geometry , vortex , mathematics , biodiversity , ecology , quantum mechanics , biology
A general property on the phase relation in linear baroclinic instability is proved analytically: in a potential vorticity homogenization regime, the complex geometry of the quasigeostrophic equations determines that the phase lines of temperature and pressure disturbances tilt with height in opposite directions.