The covariance of temperature and ozone due to planetary-wave forcing
Abstract
The cross-spectra of temperature and ozone mass mixing ratio at 42 km and 28 km has been determined for spring (1971) and summer (1971-2) over Christchurch, New Zealand (44 S, 172 E). The sources of data are the SCR and BUV experiments on Nimbus 4. The observed covariances are compared with a model in which the temperature and ozone perturbations are forced by an upward propagating planetary wave. The agreement between the observations and the model is reasonable. It is suggested that this cross-spectral method permits an estimate of the meridional gradient of ozone mass mixing ratio from measurements of the vertical profile of ozone mass mixing ratio at one location, supported by temperature profiles from at least two locations.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- September 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976ctod.rept.....F
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Diffusion;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Barotropic Flow;
- Covariance;
- Ozone;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Nimbus 4 Satellite;
- Radiometers;
- Satellite Observation;
- Wave Propagation;
- Geophysics