Eccentric Circumpolar Vortices in a Barotropic Atmosphere¹

1 This paper is an extract from a dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Department of Meteorology of the University of Chicago in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Abstract

Recent investigations (LA SEUR, 1954) have shown that on many occasions the circulation of the middle troposphere possesses a marked eccentricity; i.e., the center of symmetry of the flow is found at a considerable distance from the geographic pole.

Notes

1 This paper is an extract from a dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Department of Meteorology of the University of Chicago in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.