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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Sharpness of the extratropical tropopause in baroclinic life cycle experiments
Volkmar WirthT. Szabosubject
GeophysicsMeteorologyBaroclinityClimatologySynoptic scale meteorologyExtratropical cycloneGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesSharpeningTropopauseGeologydescription
[1] The sharpness of the extratropical tropopause is investigated using baroclinic life cycle experiments. In these simulations, slow synoptic scale dynamics leads to a net tropopause sharpening. The mechanism involves vertical convergence of the ageostrophic wind. The results support earlier suggestions from idealized theoretical studies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-01-18 | Geophysical Research Letters |