On a Graphical Method for an Approximate Determination of the Vertical Velocity in the Mid-Troposphere
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- 1 November 1959
- journal article
- Published by Stockholm University Press in Tellus
- Vol. 11 (4), 432-440
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2153-3490.1959.tb00053.x
Abstract
A simple graphical method for determining the vertical velocity from a simplified, but consistent form of a diagnostic equation for this quantity is developed. It is shown that the main term in the equation is the advection of temperature in the vorticity field. Section 2 contains simple rules from which the sign of the vertical velocity may be determined. An approximate solution to the equation is found in section 3, while section 4 contains an investigation of the accuracy of this solution as function of the scale of the motion. Different types of approximate solutions are investigated. Section 5 contains an example of the use of the method. DOI: 10.1111/j.2153-3490.1959.tb00053.xKeywords
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