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Generation of available potential energy due to the long-wave radiation influx in the atmosphere

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Investigated are the features of the distribution of the generation of available potential energy (APE) due to the influx of long-wave radiation in the atmosphere. The reanalysis (ERA-Interim) data of the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast are used as the reference values of fields for computing APE generation. The obtained results indicate the influence of cloudiness and atmospheric stratification on APE generation due to the inflow of long-wave radiation which values are by 4–5 times smaller than the values of APE generation due to the phase transitions of moisture in the atmosphere.

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Kalinin, I.L. Lukin, 2014, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2014, No. 3, pp. 50–62.

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Kalinin, N.A., Lukin, I.L. Generation of available potential energy due to the long-wave radiation influx in the atmosphere. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 39, 168–177 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373914030054

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