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Some simple solutions for heat‐induced tropical circulation

Gill, A. E.·1980·Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
DOI 10.1002/qj.49710644905
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A simple analytic model is constructed to elucidate some basic features of the response of the tropical atmosphere to diabatic heating. In particular, there is considerable east-west asymmetry which can be illustrated by solutions for heating concentrated in an area of finite extent. This is of more than academic interest because heating in practice tends to be concentrated in specific areas. For instance, a model with heating symmetric about the equator at Indonesian longitudes produces low-level easterly flow over the Pacific through propagation of Kelvin waves into the region. It also produces low-level westerly inflow over the Indian Ocean (but in a smaller region) because planetary waves propagate there. In the heating region itself the low-level flow is away from the equator as required by the vorticity equation. The return flow toward the equator is farther west because of planetary wave propagation, and so cyclonic flow is obtained around lows which form on the western margins of the heating zone. Another model solution with the heating displaced north of the equator provides a flow similar to the monsoon circulation of July and a simple model solution can also be found for heating concentrated along an inter-tropical convergence line.

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  1. Laplace P. S., 1778, Recherches sur plusieurs points du système du monde, 75

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Authors
Gill, A. E.
Affiliations
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Gill, A. E.
Venue
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1980-07
Volume
106
Issue
449
Pages
447-462
ISSN
  • 0035-9009 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-870X
DOI
10.1002/qj.49710644905
OpenAlex
W2023128436
Cited by
4,394
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 104 · 2025: 177 · 2024: 225 · 2023: 294 · 2022: 263 · 2021: 289 · 2020: 263 · 2019: 233 · 2018: 239 · 2017: 207 · 2016: 171 · 2015: 159 · 2014: 132 · 2013: 133 · 2012: 138
FWCI
3.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 9691 d)
Locations
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Keywords
tropical circulation, diabatic heating, east-west asymmetry, Kelvin waves, Rossby waves, vorticity equation, cyclonic flow, tropical monsoon climate, Intertropical Convergence Zone, analytical model

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