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Potential Vorticity Homogenization and Stationary Waves

K. L. SwansonDepartment of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

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R. T. PierrehumbertDepartment of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

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Print Publication:
01 Apr 1995
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<0990:PVHASW>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
990–994
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Abstract

The general character of stationary Rossby waves in a state with homogenized tropospheric PY as opposed to more conventionally assumed PV distributions is discussed. It is shown that the expected changes in wave pattern are inconsequential.

Abstract

The general character of stationary Rossby waves in a state with homogenized tropospheric PY as opposed to more conventionally assumed PV distributions is discussed. It is shown that the expected changes in wave pattern are inconsequential.

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