Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II
Online ISSN : 2186-9057
Print ISSN : 0026-1165
ISSN-L : 0026-1165
A Study of the Stationary Meteorological Fields of the Large Scale
Y. Okamura
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1959 Volume 37 Issue 4 Pages 115-123

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It seems properly that some solutions of the equation of the stationary motion are useful for the problem of the general circulation. In those cases that the vertical variations are small and non-linear interaction is negligible, it can be solved. Thus the solutions of it give us the vertical motion uitable for the explanation of the cells of the meridional circulation and also give us the westerly flow patterns of the large scale motion qualitatively.. But in the quantitative aspect there happen the difficulties that easterly wind near the equator can not be explained and upper westerly jet is computed as somewhat weaker. If the integral constants are determined so as to fit at equator, then it appears the area where absolute vorticities are negative, therefore as the result it becomes impossible to cover all over the earth with unit regular solution as obtained here.
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