Cyclonic and anticyclonic contributions to atmospheric energetics

Document Outline

• Cyclonic and anticyclonic contributions to atmospheric energetics
  • Results
    • Identification of cyclonic and anticyclonic vortices. 
    • Probability of cyclonic and anticyclonic vortices and their separate contributions to the Eulerian eddy statistics. 
    • Westerly acceleration by cyclonic and anticyclonic vortices. 
    • Energetics by cyclonic and anticyclonic vortices. 
  • Discussion
  • Methods
    • JRA-55 reanalysis. 
    • Extracting transient eddy components. 
    • Separation of curvature and shear vorticity. 
    • Evaluating eddy feedback forcing. 
    • FORA-WNP30 reanalysis. 
    • Formulation of atmospheric energy cycle. 
  • References
  • Acknowledgements