On the Height of the Tropopause and the Static Stability of the Troposphere
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- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Vol. 39 (2) , 412-417
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<0412:othott>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Speculative arguments are, presented that describe how radiative and dynamical constraints conspire to determine the height of the tropopause and the tropospheric static stability in midlatitudes and in the tropics. The arguments suggest an explanation for the observation that climatological isentropic slopes in midlatitudes are close to the critical slope required for baroclinic instability in a two-layer model. Abstract Speculative arguments are, presented that describe how radiative and dynamical constraints conspire to determine the height of the tropopause and the tropospheric static stability in midlatitudes and in the tropics. The arguments suggest an explanation for the observation that climatological isentropic slopes in midlatitudes are close to the critical slope required for baroclinic instability in a two-layer model.Keywords
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