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Polar vortex dynamicsRecent work with high resolution, one-layer numerical models of fluid flows resembling those in the real stratosphere has suggested that: (1) the interiors of strong cyclonic vortices like the Antarctic polar vortex may be almost completely isolated laterally from their surroundings - perhaps even completely isolated, under some circumstances; (2) by contrast, material near the edge of such and isolated region can easily be eroded (or mixed one-sidedly) into the surrounding region; and (3) the erosion characteristically produces extremely steep gradients in isentropic distributions of potential vorticity (PV) and of other tracers, possibly down to horizontal length scales of a few kilometers only. Such length scales may occur both at the edge of the main polar vortex and in smaller features outside it, such as thin filamentary structures, produced by the erosion process.
Document ID
19890005217
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mcintyre, Michael (Cambridge Univ. Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Polar Ozone Workshop. Abstracts
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Accession Number
89N14588
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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