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The frictional layer in the observed momentum budget of the trades
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2022
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Source: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148(748), 3343-3365
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Journal Title:Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
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Description:Profiles of eddy momentum flux divergence are calculated as the residual in the momentum budget constructed from airborne circular dropsonde arrays (∼220km) for 13 days during the EUREC4A/ATOMIC field campaign. The observeddynamicalforcingaveragedoverallflightsagreesbroadlywithEuro-peanCentreforMedium-RangeWeatherForecasts(ECMWF)IntegratedFore- casting System (IFS) forecasts. In the direction of the flow, a mean flux diver- gence(friction)existsovera1.5-kmdeepEkmanlayer,andameanfluxconver-gence(acceleration)ispresentnearcloudtops.Thefrictioniscountergradient
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Source:Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148(748), 3343-3365
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ISSN:0035-9009;1477-870X;
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Rights Information:CC BY
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