Upper and lower tropospheric energetics of standing and transient eddies in wave number domain during summer monsoon of 1991 |
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| Authors: | S M Bawiskar M D Chipade D K Paul S S Singh |
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| Institution: | (1) Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, 411 008 Pune, India |
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| Abstract: | Kinetic energy exchange equations (Saltzman 1957) in wave number domain are partitioned into standing, transient and standing-transient
components following Murakami (1978, 1981). These components are computed for the 1991 summer monsoon using dailyu andv grid point data at 2.5° latitude-longitude interval between the equator and 40°N at 200 hPa and 850 hPa levels for the period
June through August. The data are obtained from NCMRWF, New Delhi.
The study shows that at 200 hPa wave number 1 over Region 3 (30°N to 40°N), wave number 2 over Region 2 (15°N to 30°N) and
wave number 3 over Region 1 (equator to 15°N) dominate the spectrum of transport of momentum and wave to zonal mean flow interaction.
Wave number 1 over Region 1 and Region 3 and wave number 2 over Region 2 are the major sources of kinetic energy to other
waves via wave-to-wave interaction. At 850 hPa wave number 1 over Region 3 has maximum contribution in the spectrum of transport
of momentum and kinetic energy and more than 90% of its contribution is from the standing component. This indicates that standing
wave number 1 over Region 3 plays a very important role in the dynamics of monsoon circulation of the lower troposphere.
The study further shows that although the circulation patterns at 200 hPa and 850 hPa levels are opposite in character, a
number of energy processes exhibit a similar character at these levels. For example, (i) transport of momentum by most of
the waves is northward, (ii) small scale eddies intensify northward, (iii) eddies are sources of kinetic energy to zonal mean
flow over Region 1 and (iv) standing eddies are sources of kinetic energy to transient eddies. Besides the above similarities
some contrasting energy processes are also observed. Over Region 2 and Region 3 standing and transient eddies are sources
of kinetic energy to zonal mean flow at 200 hPa, while at 850 hPa the direction of exchange of kinetic energy is opposite
i.e. zonal mean flow is a source of kinetic energy to standing as well as transient eddies. L(n) interaction indicates that at 200 hPa waves over R2 maintain waves over R1, while at 850 hPa waves over R1 maintain waves
over R2.
It has been found that the north-south gradient of zonal mean of zonal wind is the deciding factor of wave to zonal mean flow
interaction. |
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| Keywords: | Energetics standing waves transient waves |
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