ON THE PHYSICAL BASIS FOR THE NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF MONTHLY AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES IN THE TROPOSPHERE-OCEAN-CONTINENT SYSTEM
- 1 March 1964
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Monthly Weather Review
- Vol. 92 (3) , 91-103
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1964)092<0091:otpbft>2.3.co;2
Abstract
The equations of conservation of thermal energy in the troposphere and at the surface of the earth are used as the basis for predicting the temperature of the troposphere-ocean-continent system for periods of time as long as a month or a season. Computations of the normal temperature for January in the mid-troposphere and at the surface of the earth are carried out, and the results agree well with observations. Using as data the temperature in the oceans and in the mid-troposphere in December 1962 and the abnormal snow cover of December 31, 1962, a numerical temperature prediction is carried out for January 1963, obtaining good agreement with observations.Keywords
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