THE POTENTIAL-ENERGY BUDGET OF THE STRATOSPHERE OVER NORTH AMERICA DURING THE WARMING OF 1957

• Main Author: Lateef, M. A.
• Other Authors: FLORIDA STATE UNIV TALLAHASSEE
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1963
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; *STRATOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; ENTHALPY; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; ENERGY; HEATING; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0414644; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0414644

The evaluation of the terms in the balance equation for potential and internal energy, was carried out using the 100-mb, 50-mb and 25-mb values of geopotential, temperature, the geostrophic wind components and adiabatic vertical motion at each point of a grid covering most of the North American continent and the adjacent North Atlantic. The investigation considered a limited volume in which changes in potential and internal energy (alternatively referred to as total potential energy) were affected by flux of energy across the boundaries.