Evaluation of effective eddy diffusive coefficients using radar observations of turbulence in the stratosphere
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Geophysical Research Letters
- Vol. 11 (3) , 243-246
- https://doi.org/10.1029/gl011i003p00243
Abstract
Radar observations show that thin persistent layers of turbulence occur sporadically in the troposphere and stratosphere. Two probabilistic approaches are used to show that the vertical eddy diffusivity due to such layers is of the order of 0.2‐0.3 m²/sec in the lower stratosphere. An actual realization of turbulent layers, derived from the radar observations at Arecibo, is used in a numerical approach to obtain a profile of eddy diffusivity. It is suggested that turbulence plays a significant role in the vertical transport of trace constituents in the stratosphere.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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