A Preliminary Study of the Potential to Kinetic Energy Conversion Process in the Stratosphere
By: Robert M. White and George F. Nolan
Abstract
The potential to kinetic energy conversion process in the lower stratosphere associated with the vertical exchange of warm and cold air is evaluated using adiabatically derived vertical velocities for the North American region for a five-day period. Preliminary results suggest the possibility that on the average the kinetic energy of stratospheric motions may not result from a conversion of potential energy within the stratosphere by this process. The further implication is that stratospheric motions are maintained by the motions in the adjacent layers of the atmosphere.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v12i2.9383 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 145 - 148
Published on: Jan 1, 1960
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1960 Robert M. White, George F. Nolan, published by Stockholm University Press
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