简介:Withasimpletropicalcoupledocean-atmospheremodel,thispaperpresentsananalysisaimingtounderstandtherelativeroleofthemeridionalandzonalwindstressesinthetropicalunstableair-seainteraction.Therolesofthezonalwindstress,themeridionalwindstressandthebothareconsideredrespectivelyintothecoupledsystem.Itisdemonstratedthatthemeridionalcomponentofthewindstressdoesnotleadtoanyinstabilityunderthelocalthermalbalanceassumption,butitdoesleadtoaweakinstabilityundertheseasurfacetemperatureadvectionassumption.Unstableair-seainteractionisdominatedbythezonalcomponentofthewindstress,suggestingthatignoringthemeridionalwindstressisapproximatelyfeasibleinstudyingthetropicalunstableair-seainteraction.
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