[Atmosdyn] Elliasen-Palm summary

[taimaz.bahadory]

Hi everyone;

Today we discussed about enstrophy and its conservation, after which we
moved to
Elliasen-Palm flux definition. There we discussed the meaning of each EP
flux component and what they represent:
The meridional term shows the eddy momentum transferred poleward, and the
vertical component represents the eddy heat transport in the vertical
direction due to change in buoyancy.
Later we discussed the wave activity and it's temporal changes as a parcel
approaches or moves away from a high shear region (eg jet-stream), which we
got confused.

So here are some questions we came up with, which we hope to have answer
for them by:
- Shabnam asking them from her supervisor
- We find some expert here to ask or invite to participate in next week
discussion

Also it would be nice to try to plot and have a better visualization of the
fields we just discussed.

Q. Are there a continuous spectrum of eddies in atmosphere? If not, why not?

Q. What happens to air parcel as approaches jet-stream from south?

Q. What is EP flux wave? What does it look like?

Next week we continue discussing this topic as it still has a lot to go.
Who's volunteer?
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