Observation and simulation of wave breaking in the southern hemispheric stratosphere during VORCORE

An interesting occurrence of a Rossby wave breaking event observed during the VORCORE experiment is presented and explained. Twenty-seven balloons were launched inside the Antarctic polar vortex. Almost all of these balloons evolved in the stratosphere around 500K within the vortex, except the on...

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Main Authors: M. Moustaoui, H. Teitelbaum, A. Mahalov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-04-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/31/675/2013/angeo-31-675-2013.pdf