Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77). / An analytic study was performed to examine the effect of the stratosphere on the surface of the earth. The method of piecewise potential vorticity inversion was employed in the diagnosis of the magnitude of and dynamics behind the stratosphere-surface link in both the transient and stationary cases. The potential vorticity inversion results in both the transient and stationary models indicated that the stratosphere possesses a significant effect at the surface of the earth. It was determined that, compared to the stratosphere as a whole, it was primarily the lower stratosphere that had the most significant impact at the surface of the earth. The results of this analytic study therefore indicate that in modeling the surface of the earth, the dynamics detailed here between the lower stratosphere and surface must be included for the modeled surface weather or climate simulations to be accurate. / by Irene W. Lee. / S.M.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/17677 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Lee, Irene W., 1977- |
| Contributors | Raymond A. Plumb., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 77 leaves, 2772457 bytes, 2772264 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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