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LOCATION:1610 Engineering Hall
SUMMARY:Rossby Waves - The Good\, The Bad\, and The Ugly\, Plasma Phys
 ics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar\, Prof. Matthew Hitchman\, \, Atmosph
 eric and Oceanic Sciences\, UW-Madison
DESCRIPTION:The mathematical and physical basis for Rossby waves in ne
 utral fluids is described. Conservation of potential vorticity creates
  an elastic restoring mechanism for an upstream-propagating transverse
  wave on a rotating sphere. This Beta effect is due to the meridional 
 gradient of planetary vorticity. Manifestations include "Alberta Clipp
 ers" and the "Polar Vortex of 2013-14". Violations of the non-accelera
 tion theorem during Rossby wave breaking (RWB) couple the Rossby wave 
 activity conservation relation to the mean flow equations. Considerati
 on of 3D RWB provides insight into stratosphere - troposphere <br>
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 xchange and the distribution of tropopause folds.<br>
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