Midlatitude Cyclogenesis

The goal of the project on midlatitude cyclonesis is to understand the origin of the midlatitude cyclone. The fundamental result of this investigation is that the midlatitude cyclone arises from transient growth of nonmodal form.

Publications

Farrell, B. 1981. Pulse asymptotics of the Charney baroclinic instability problem. J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 507-517. pdf

Farrell, B., 1982. The initial growth of disturbances in a baroclinic flow. J. Atmos. Sci. ,39, 1663-1686. pdf

Farrell, B., 1983. Pulse asymptotics of 3-D baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 2202-2210. pdf

Farrell, B., 1984. Modal and nonmodal baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 668-673. pdf

Farrell, B., 1985. Transient growth of damped baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 2718-2727. pdf

Farrell, B. F., 1989. Unstable baroclinic modes damped by Ekman dissipation. J. Atmos. Sci., 46,397-401. pdf

Farrell, B. F., 1989. Optimal excitation of baroclinic waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 46,1193-1206. pdf

Montgomery, M. B., and B. F. Farrell, 1993: Polar low dynamics in a three-dimensional moist geostrophic momentum model J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 2484-2505. pdf

DelSole T. M., and B.F. Farrell, 1994: Nonlinear equilibration of localized Instabilities on a baroclinic jet. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2270-2284. pdf