Mean-Flow Damping Forms the Buffer Zone of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation: 1D Theory
Mean-Flow Damping Forms the Buffer Zone of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation: 1D Theory
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Boston: American Meteorological Society
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The quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) is a descending pattern of alternating easterly and westerly winds in the tropical stratosphere. Upwelling is generally understood to counteract the descent of the QBO. The
upwelling hypothesis
holds that where upwelling exceeds the intrinsic descent rate of the QBO, the QBO cannot descend and a buffer zon...
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Mean-Flow Damping Forms the Buffer Zone of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation: 1D Theory
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2492657682
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2492657682
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0022-4928
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1520-0469
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10.1175/JAS-D-19-0293.1
