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The Effect of Concentrated PV Gradients on Stationary Waves: Correction

Richard S. Lindzen Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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01 Jul 1997
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1815:TEOCPG>2.0.CO;2
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1815–1818
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Abstract

This note corrects a numerical error in a prior work of Lindzen. The correction eliminates the strong sensitivity found in the earlier paper to the details of the concentration of potential vorticity gradients at the tropopause. Remaining sensitivities in the simple calculations presented are largely related to variations in the basic state’s zonal wind.

Corresponding author address: Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 54-1720, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Abstract

This note corrects a numerical error in a prior work of Lindzen. The correction eliminates the strong sensitivity found in the earlier paper to the details of the concentration of potential vorticity gradients at the tropopause. Remaining sensitivities in the simple calculations presented are largely related to variations in the basic state’s zonal wind.

Corresponding author address: Dr. Richard S. Lindzen, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 54-1720, Cambridge, MA 02139.

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