Transient eddies: Difference between revisions

From Glossary of Meteorology
imported>Perlwikibot
(Created page with " {{TermHeader}} {{TermSearch}} <div class="termentry"> <div class="term"> == transient eddies == </div> <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In contras...")
 
imported>Perlwikibot
No edit summary
 
Line 9: Line 9:
   </div>
   </div>


<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In contrast to stationary or [[standing eddies]], the component of the [[eddy]] field  that varies with time.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In this context &ldquo;eddy&rdquo; refers to departures from the [[zonal]] mean, such as the [[migratory]] cyclones  and anticyclones in the extratropics.</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">In contrast to stationary or [[standing eddies]], the component of the [[eddy]] field  that varies with time.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In this context "eddy" refers to departures from the [[zonal]] mean, such as the [[migratory]] cyclones  and anticyclones in the extratropics.</div><br/> </div>
</div>
</div>



Latest revision as of 15:20, 20 February 2012



transient eddies

In contrast to stationary or standing eddies, the component of the eddy field that varies with time.

In this context "eddy" refers to departures from the zonal mean, such as the migratory cyclones and anticyclones in the extratropics.


Copyright 2024 American Meteorological Society (AMS). For permission to reuse any portion of this work, please contact permissions@ametsoc.org. Any use of material in this work that is determined to be “fair use” under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act (17 U.S. Code § 107) or that satisfies the conditions specified in Section 108 of the U.S.Copyright Act (17 USC § 108) does not require AMS’s permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form, such as on a website or in a searchable database, or other uses of this material, except as exempted by the above statement, require written permission or a license from AMS. Additional details are provided in the AMS Copyright Policy statement.