Original Research Papers
A Comparison between Observed and Computed Winds with Respect to their Applicability for Vorticity Computations
Authors:
- Ernest HovmöllerEmail Ernest Hovmöller
Abstract
The insufficiency of computed height values for computations of derivatives such as vorticity and convergence, at least for the 300-mb and higher levels, is illustrated by theoretical and practical examples, and it is recommended to make more extensive use of observed winds. This gives a possibility to take into account the cyclostrophic and other non-geostrophic wind components for the vorticity computation which is the first step in the numerical forecasting methods (CHARNEY 1951).
- Year: 1952
- Volume: 4 Issue: 2
- Page/Article: 126-134
- DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v4i2.8676
- Published on 1 Jan 1952
- Peer Reviewed