Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Waller, James Scott
Author's Email Address	jwaller@met.fsu.edu
URN	etd-04062006-155209
Title	An Investigation of Coherent Tropopause Disturbances Using a High Resolution Global Model
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Meteorology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Philip Cunningham Committee Chair Paul Reasor Committee Member Robert Hart Committee Member T. N. Krishnamurti Committee Member
Keywords	CTD Coherent Tropopause Disturbances Diabatic Potential Vorticity Jet Amplification Jet Dynamics Tropopause Potential Vorticity Vortex
Date of Defense	2006-03-28
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Coherent Tropopause Disturbances (CTD’s) have been observed to play a central role in both extratropical cyclogenesis and the dynamics of jet streaks. Recent observational studies have quantified the existence of CTD’s by locating potential temperature minima on a constant potential vorticity surface that is representative of the dynamic tropopause. This study applies a similar approach, but to a data set from a high-resolution global model (the Community Climate Model, Version 3). Application of an objective identification and tracking algorithm, along with several statistical calculations involving potential temperature on the 2.0 PVU surface, with statistics of outgoing longwave radiation, indicate that the CCM3 is a tool that may yield valuable insight into the dynamical interactions that determine the origin, growth and lifecycles of CTD’s.
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