Scientific Investigations of Tropical Wind, Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment (TWERLE). Final Technical Report, July 1976--September 1977

摘要

The results from the Tropical Winds, Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment (TWERLE) for the period July 1976 through 6 September 1977 are summarized. These results are: a latitude profile of the rate of conversion from kinetic to potential energy for the period from 12 June 1975 to 1 August 1976; evidence that gravity waves generated in the troposphere systematically deposit energy in the vicinity of the tropopause, and are a mechanism for the dissipation of kinetic energy on the global scale; and evidence that the jet stream is an important mechanism for generating these waves. (ERA citation 04:042814)