EXAMPLES OF THE HORIZONTAL PROPAGATION OF QUASI-STATIONARY WAVES

Abstract

Examples of the diagnostic of the horizontal propagation of stationary wave activity proposed by Plumb are presented for a simple model of the atmospheric response to thermal forcing in the tropics, for the observed Southern Hemisphere winter mean stationary waves and for several cases of anomalous quasi-stationary waves in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. For the simple model, the propagation of wave activity out of the tropics is clear. From the observational data, the apparent sources of anomalous stationary wave activity are located in the regions of the major middle latitude jets and storm tracks in both hemispheres in most cases. The results suggest that midlatitude processe..