100 Years of Progress in Understanding the General Circulation of the Atmosphere

Held, Isaac M.

doi:10.1175/amsmonographs-d-18-0017.1

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100 Years of Progress in Understanding the General Circulation of the Atmosphere

2019
By Held, Isaac M.
Source: Meteorological Monographs, 59, 6.1-6.23

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Meteorological Monographs
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Held, Isaac M.
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GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)

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Some of the advances of the past century in our understanding of the general circulation of the atmosphere are described, starting with a brief summary of some of the key developments from the first half of the twentieth century, but with a primary focus on the period beginning with the midcentury breakthrough in baroclinic instability and quasigeostrophic dynamics. In addition to baroclinic instability, topics touched upon include the following: stationary wave theory, the role played by the two-layer model, scaling arguments for the eddy heat flux, the subtlety of large-scale eddy momentum fluxes, the Eliassen–Palm flux and the transformed Eulerian mean formulation, the structure of storm tracks, and the controls on the Hadley cell.
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Meteorological Monographs, 59, 6.1-6.23
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https://doi.org/10.1175/amsmonographs-d-18-0017.1
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0065-9401
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American Meteorological Society
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