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Another look at the moist baroclinic Ertel–Rossby invariant with mass forcing

Another look at the moist baroclinic Ertel–Rossby invariant with mass forcing
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摘要 Due to the importance of the mass forcing induced by precipitation and condensation in moist processes, the La- grangian continuity equation without a source/sink term utilized to prove the Ertel-Rossby invariant (ERI) and its con- servation property is re-derived considering the mass forcing. By introducing moist enthalpy and moisture entropy, the baroclinic ERI could be adapted to moist flow. After another look at the moist ERI, it is deployed as the dot product be- tween the generalized velocity and the generalized vorticity in moist flow, which constitutes a kind of generalized helicity. Thus, the baroclinic ERI is further extended to the moist case. Moreover, the derived moist ERI forumla remains formally consistent with the dry version, no matter whether mass forcing is present. By using the Weber transformation and the Lagrangian continuity equation with a source/sink effect, the conservation property of the baroclinic ERI in moist flow is revisited. The presence or absence of mass forcing in the Lagrangian continuity equation determines whether or not the baroclinic ERI in moist flow is materially conserved. In other words, it would be qualified as a quasi-invariant but only being dependent on the circumstances. By another look at the moist baroclinic ERI, it is surely a neat formalism with a simple physical explanation, and the usefulness of its anomaly in diagnosing atmospheric flow is demonstrated by case study. Due to the importance of the mass forcing induced by precipitation and condensation in moist processes, the La- grangian continuity equation without a source/sink term utilized to prove the Ertel-Rossby invariant (ERI) and its con- servation property is re-derived considering the mass forcing. By introducing moist enthalpy and moisture entropy, the baroclinic ERI could be adapted to moist flow. After another look at the moist ERI, it is deployed as the dot product be- tween the generalized velocity and the generalized vorticity in moist flow, which constitutes a kind of generalized helicity. Thus, the baroclinic ERI is further extended to the moist case. Moreover, the derived moist ERI forumla remains formally consistent with the dry version, no matter whether mass forcing is present. By using the Weber transformation and the Lagrangian continuity equation with a source/sink effect, the conservation property of the baroclinic ERI in moist flow is revisited. The presence or absence of mass forcing in the Lagrangian continuity equation determines whether or not the baroclinic ERI in moist flow is materially conserved. In other words, it would be qualified as a quasi-invariant but only being dependent on the circumstances. By another look at the moist baroclinic ERI, it is surely a neat formalism with a simple physical explanation, and the usefulness of its anomaly in diagnosing atmospheric flow is demonstrated by case study.
出处 《Chinese Physics B》 SCIE EI CAS CSCD 2018年第2期655-663,共9页 中国物理B(英文版)
基金 Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41375054,41575064,and 91437215) the Opening Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather,Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences(Grant Nos.2015LASW-B01 and 2015LASW-A02)
关键词 quasi-Ertel-Rossby invariant generalized helicity mass forcing adapting quasi-Ertel-Rossby invariant, generalized helicity, mass forcing, adapting
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